Utah reports 815 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

Salt Lake City, Utah — According to the Utah Department of Health, one additional COVID-19 death, and additional 815 positive test results are reported.

The number of hospitalizations has gone down but remains high at 291 people. That’s four less than what was reported on Wednesday.

UDOH reminded the public that reports will not be coming out on Friday, July 23 as state offices will be closed in observance of the Pioneer Day holiday.

Data will resume on Monday, July 26.

Utah Department of Health reported the following Thursday

State offices will be closed tomorrow, Friday, July 23rd, in observance of the Pioneer Day holiday. COVID-19 data will be updated next on Monday, July 26th

Positives:

• We will report 426,418 positive cases today. This is an increase of 815 new cases since yesterday.

Vaccines:

• We will report 2,969,138 total vaccines administered which is 5,847 more than yesterday.

Lab Tests:

• We will report 2,877,532 people tested. This is an increase of 5,079 people tested since yesterday.
• We will report 5,245,157 total tests. This is an increase of 8,483 tests since yesterday.

Trends:

• The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 640 per day.
• The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 13.4%. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 9.2%.

Hospitalizations:

• There are 291 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 18,249.

Deaths:

We will report 2,425 total deaths, which is 1 new death reported today.

• Male, between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at the time of death