Following a holiday weekend, Utah generally sees a lull in COVID-19 cases, but statewide and locally numbers are staying high.
The Utah Department of Health announced 2,160 new COVID-19 cases Monday, which is over 400 more cases than the state saw last Monday after a holiday.
Summit County saw 45 new cases, and in comparison, last Monday Summit reported 30 new cases.
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Wasatch County reported 35 new cases. Last Monday, the county saw 31.
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Utah’s Department of Health reported four new deaths Monday. To date, 1,305 Utahns have died of COVID-19, including five from Summit County and 15 from Wasatch County.
The state saw an increase of 6,619 new tests administered. The statewide 7-day rolling average for positive tests is nearing 31% which is up from Sunday’s average.
Summit County’s seven-day average of positive laboratory tests is over 21%, and nearly 25% of tests are coming back positive on average in Wasatch County.
Utah’s Department of Health reported 81 new hospitalizations. There are 484people in the hospital for COVID-19, in the state. Statewide, over 86% of referral center ICU beds are in use.
1,193 people were vaccinated for COVID-19 since Sunday, bringing the total number to 48,575 first doses administered. The state has received more than 140,000 doses of vaccines.