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The Utah Department of Health reported Sunday that 194 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past day but didn’t announce any new deaths.
Meanwhile, 149 people are hospitalized with the coronavirus compared to 164 on Saturday. One more person, however, is in an intensive care unit compared to Saturday.
Vaccine doses administered in past day/total doses administered • 6,333 / 2,734,788.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 1,303,523.
Cases reported in past day • 194.
Deaths reported in past day • Zero.
Tests reported in past day • 2,154 people were tested for the first time. A total of 3,621 people were tested.
Hospitalizations reported in the past day • 149. That’s 15 fewer than on Saturday. Of those currently hospitalized, 58 are in intensive care units, one more than on Saturday.
Percentage of positive tests • Under the state’s original method of measuring the rate of positive COVID-19 tests, the rate is 9%. That’s higher than the seven-day average of 7.2%.
The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Sunday’s rate was 5.4%, higher than the seven-day average of 4.6%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 409,588 cases; 2,323 deaths; 17,086 hospitalizations; 2,738,500 people tested.
— This story is developing and will be updated.
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