Utah reports 1 new COVID-19 death, cases surpass 10,000

Medical assistants with University of Utah Health test people for COVID-19 during a drive-thru testing event at Centro Cívico Mexicano in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 15, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — One more person died with COVID-19 in Utah, officials confirmed Tuesday.

The latest fatality was a Salt Lake County man, described only as between the ages of 60 and 85, who was hospitalized when he died, according to the Utah Department of Health.

A previously reported death that had been included in Utah’s toll was determined to be a resident of another state, officials said. The state’s death toll from the novel coronavirus now stands at 113, the same as Monday.

Utah also added 203 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday out of 3,679 tested, a daily positive rate of 5.6%. The Beehive State now has 10,202 who have tested positive for the virus during the outbreak, 6,319 of whom are considered recovered after passing the three-week point since their diagnoses.

In Utah, 221,791 people have been tested for the virus as of Tuesday. Of them, the overall positive rate is now 4.6%.

The current hospitalization number increased Tuesday to 108, with at least 12 new patients requiring hospital care, the state health department said.

This story will be updated throughout the day.

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