Utah Reports 448 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths
Aug 30, 2020, 12:16 PM | Updated: 12:21 pm
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah Department of Health on Sunday reported 448 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths.
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 387 per day, and the rolling seven-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests is 9.1%. The state has tested 655,507 people so far, and 51,854 of those tests returned positive.
Currently, 116 people are hospitalized with the virus, 45 of which are in intensive care units. Another 18 patients are hospitalized as COVID-19 persons under investigation. UDOH reports 51.4% of all non-ICU beds and 62.7% of all ICU beds in Utah hospitals are occupied.
A total of 407 Utahns have died from the virus.
The state is considering 43,724 cases as recovered, meaning those patients received a positive diagnosis more than three weeks ago and they have not died.