Utah reports 3,300 COVID cases, 8 deaths over the weekend
Oct 4, 2021, 1:10 PM | Updated: 1:41 pm
FILE PHOTO (Photo by Justin Tallis - Pool / Getty Images)
(Photo by Justin Tallis - Pool / Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Health on Monday said eight more Utahns have died due to COVID-19 and 3,300 residents tested positive for the virus over the weekend.
UDOH broke down that case count into the following:
- 10/1: 1,369 cases
- 10/2: 1,082 cases
- 10/3: 845 cases
- Four cases were added from days prior to 10/01.
Of those cases, 695 (21.06%) were in school-aged children.
- 374 cases in children ages 5-10
- 142 cases in children ages 11-13
- 179 cases in children ages 14-18
Currently, 549 Utahns are hospitalized due to the virus and the ICUs at Utah’s 16 referral center hospitals, where the majority of COVID-19 patients are treated, are 94.8% full — above the state’s “functionally full” threshold of 85%.
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The rolling seven-day average for positive tests was 1,376 — up from 1,359 last Monday but down from 1,456 the previous Monday.
An additional 28,706 vaccine doses have been administered since Friday, bringing the state’s total number of vaccine doses given to 3,507,331.
UDOH said over 1.69 million Utahns are now fully vaccinated and over 1.89 million have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has also fully approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
“The vaccine has been proven to be safe and highly effective since it first became available under emergency use last December. Full FDA approval is the final step in a rigorous approval process to confirm the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness,” UDOH officials said. “The FDA’s announcement should provide confidence to anyone who may have hesitated to get the vaccine while it was under emergency use. We strongly encourage you to get vaccinated and help end the pandemic. We also strongly encourage healthcare providers who haven’t offered COVID-19 vaccines at their practice before now, to take the necessary steps to enroll as vaccine providers as soon as possible.”
Vaccinated vs. unvaccinated risk ratios
Since Feb. 1, people who are unvaccinated are at 4.1 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 4.8 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 4.1 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
Of the 1,656,241 Utahns who are 14 days past their fully vaccinated date, 19,047 (1.15001%) have tested positive for COVID-19, 976 have been hospitalized (0.05893%) and 125 have died (0.00755%).
Utah has reported 513,509 positive COVID-19 cases, 22,374 hospitalizations and 2,951 deaths in total since the pandemic started.
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Testing
UDOH reports 3,485,549 people have been tested — 21,233 more than Friday. Of those, 513,509 Utahns have tested positive for COVID-19 — an increase of 3,300 new cases.
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests was 1,376 — up from 1,359 last Monday but down from 1,456 the previous Monday.
(UDOH)
On June 1, Utah’s rolling seven-day average was 200 cases.
The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” jumped nearly 1% to 15.25% while the rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” rose to 10.3%.
Vaccinations
The state has administered 3,507,331 vaccine doses in total as of Monday, which is an increase of 28,706 over Friday’s numbers.
As of Monday, over 1.89 million Utahns had received at least one dose of a vaccine and over 1.69 million Utahns had been fully vaccinated.
Over 4.1 million vaccines have been delivered to Utah.
Hospitalizations
Currently, 549 people are hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 215 of those people are in intensive care units.
Utah’s ICUs were 92.7% full and the ICU beds in Utah’s referral centers were 94.8% full Monday — above the state’s utilization threshold or “functionally full” mark of 85%.
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“At about 69% overall ICU utilization, ICUs in Utah’s major hospitals with the ability to provide best care for COVID-19 patients begin to reach staffing capacity,” UDOH officials said. “Seventy-two percent use among all hospitals and 77% in referral center hospitals creates major strains on the health care system. When 85% capacity is reached, Utah will be functionally out of staffed ICU beds, indicating an overwhelmed hospital system.”
Deaths
As of Monday, the virus had killed 2,951 of the state’s residents. The following deaths were reported Monday:
- Female, between 45-64, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, unknown if hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 45-64, Davis County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 45-64, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 25-44, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Male, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
Nationwide Numbers
Coronavirus Resources
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How do I prevent it?
The CDC has some simple recommendations, most of which are the same for preventing other respiratory illnesses or the flu:
- Get vaccinated
- Avoid close contact with people who may be sick
- Avoid touching your face
- Stay home when you are sick
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue and then throw the tissue in the trash
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom, before eating, and after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing. Always wash your hands with soap and water if your hands are visibly dirty.
- If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
The CDC recommends unvaccinated Americans should continue wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies).
