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More than 20 months after the first Utahn died of COVID-19, the state’s coronavirus death toll continues to rise with 29 more COVID-19 deaths reported over the weekend.
The Utah Department of Health reported a total of 294 deaths in the month of October, 9.1% of the state’s 3,227 total deaths recorded since the pandemic began.
Ten of the deaths reported Monday were Utahns under the age of 65 — three were between the ages of 25-44, and seven were 45-64.
Also on Monday, the Health Department reported 3,179 new coronavirus cases — 1,615 cases were reported on Friday, 637 on Saturday and 973 on Sunday for an average of almost 1,058 per day.
The Health Department no longer reports COVID-19 statistics on weekends. The number of tests and cases generally declines on weekends. (The state removed 46 cases from the total count after further testing.)
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests stands at 1,506 per day.
An additional 4,586 Utahns were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in the past three days, bringing the total to 1,754,587 — 53.6% of Utah’s total population.
Intensive care units in the state remain near capacity. According to the Health Department, 90.6% of all ICU beds and 92.3% of ICU beds in larger medical centers are occupied. Of all ICU patients, 44.5% are being treated for COVID-19.
Vaccine doses administered in the past three days/total doses administered • 27,759 / 3,759,031.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 1,754,587.
Cases reported in past three days • 3,179.
Cases among school age children • Kids in grades K-12 accounted for 594 of the new cases announced Monday — 18.7% of the total. There were 315 cases reported in children aged 5-10; 127 cases in children 11-13; and 152 cases in children 14-18.
Tests reported in past three days • 18,094 people were tested for the first time. A total of 41,435 people were tested.
Deaths reported in past three days • 29.
Hospitalizations reported in the past three days • 534. That is one fewer than reported on Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 210 are in intensive care — five more than reported Friday.
Percentage of positive tests • Under the state’s original method, the rate is 17.3% over the past three days. That is higher than the seven-day average of 17.1%.
The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Monday’s rate was 7.7%, lower than the seven-day average of 11.3%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Risk ratios • In the past four weeks, unvaccinated Utahns were 15.8 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than vaccinated people, according to a Utah Department of Health analysis. The unvaccinated also were 11 times more likely to be hospitalized and 5.2 times more likely to test positive for the coronavirus.
Totals to date • 553,061 cases; 3,237 deaths; 24,147 hospitalizations; 3,716,117 people tested
— This story is developing and will be updated.
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