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0000017b-652b-d50a-a3ff-f7efb02e0000KPCW's COVID-19 news coverage for Summit County and Wasatch County, Utah. 0000017b-652b-d50a-a3ff-f7efb02f0000You can also visit the Utah Department of Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization websites for additional information.

Saturday COVID-19 Update: Five New Cases in Summit County, No New Utah Deaths

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The Utah Department of Health Reported no new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday.

 

Utah’s COVID-19 death toll remained at 2,223 on Saturday and other pandemic measurements like new case numbers and hospitalizations remained stable as well.

 

360 new cases were reported statewide. Five came from Summit County and none were reported in Wasatch County. The statewide rolling seven day average for positive tests is now 342 per day, the lowest since June 15th, 2020.

 

5,666 new people were tested for COVID-19 since Friday. The statewide averages for the percentage of positive tests remained steady with the people-over-people average now at 6.6% and the tests-over-tests average at 3.4%.

 

139 Utahns are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, two more than Friday. Statewide referral center ICUs are now 75.9% full.

 

23,000 more vaccine doses have been administered since Friday. In total, over 47,000 doses have been administered in Summit County. Over 23,000 have been administered in Wasatch County.

Sean Higgins covers all things Park City and is the Saturday Weekend Edition host at KPCW. Sean spent the first five years of his journalism career covering World Cup skiing for Ski Racing Media here in Utah and served as Senior Editor until January 2020. As Senior Editor, he managed the day-to-day news section of skiracing.com, as well as produced and hosted Ski Racing’s weekly podcast. During his tenure with Ski Racing Media, he was also a field reporter for NBC Sports, covering events in Europe.