Coronavirus in Utah: Sunday’s 1200 new cases, seven new deaths cap another bad week for the pandemic – Salt Lake Tribune

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If youre waiting for the COVID-19 pandemic to subside across the state of Utah, last week was a reminder that its unlikely to happen any time soon.

The Department of Health on Sunday reported 1,200 new cases and seven new deaths statewide. For the seven-day period beginning Oct. 5 and ending Sunday, Utah reported 8,226 cases and 40 deaths. Those figures over that seven-day period account for 9.6% of all cases in Utah and 7.7% of all deaths since the pandemic began in March.

Sundays seven new deaths include:

A Cache County man, age 65 to 84, who lived in a long-term care facility.

A Salt Lake County man, age 65 to 84, who was hospitalized at the time of death.

A Tooele County man, age 65 to 84, who was hospitalized at the time of death.

A Davis County man, older than 85, who lived in a long-term care facility.

A Salt Lake County man, age 65 to 84, who was hospitalized at the time of death.

A Washington County man, age 45 to 64, who was hospitalized at the time of death.

A Salt Lake County man, age 65 to 84, who was hospitalized at the time of death.

Positive COVID-19 cases continue to spike. Six of the past seven days have seen 1,007 or more positive cases, including Thursdays single-day state record of 1,501. Things didnt slow down as the weekend hit, with 1,343 on Friday and 1,354 on Saturday before Sundays 1,200.

The total number of positive cases since the pandemic began eclipsed 85,000 on Sunday. The total now sits at 85,844 as the state is on pace to hit 100,000 total cases well ahead of Halloween.

Furthermore, according to COVID Act Now, Utahs 13.9% positive percentage ranks among the 10 worst when compared to the rest of the 50 states. For what its worth, neighboring Idaho (22.3%), Wyoming (15.5%) and Nevada (14.9%) all have worse positive-percentages currently.

As with positive cases, statewide hospitalizations remain high. Friday marked a single-day high of 243 current hospitalizations. That dropped to 231 on Saturday but shot back up on Sunday as the Department of Health reported 254 current hospitalizations. There have been 4,306 total hospitalizations since the pandemic began.

The state reported Sunday an increase of 5,677 people tested, bringing the statewide total to 918,571. Sundays total was down from Saturdays single-day record of 11,846.

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