Utah coronavirus death toll tops 100 with 3 more fatalities reported Tuesday

Health care workers test people for COVID-19 at a temporary testing site at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Saturday’s testing event was the first in a series aimed at providing testing to Utah’s underserved communities. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s deaths related to the novel coronavirus rose by three on Tuesday, bringing the toll to 101.

The latest fatalities include two Salt Lake County men and a San Juan County woman. All three were described only as between the ages of 60 and 85, and they were each hospitalized when they died, according to the Utah Department of Health.

After the holiday weekend, Utah saw a smaller rise in cases and testing numbers Tuesday, with 99 more cases confirmed out of 2,124 tests, a nearly 4.7% positive rate.

Overall, 8,620 people have tested positive for the disease since the pandemic began out of 198,592 tests given, according to officials, a 4.3% positive rate. More than 5,300 people are considered recovered after passing the three-week point since their diagnoses.

A smaller number of new hospitalizations compared to the past several days was reported Tuesday, at just four. In Utah, 98 people are currently hospitalized with the disease.

This story will be updated.

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