University of Utah Health medical assistant Caleb Stepaniak stands in front of fans to keep cool as he waits for the next car to arrive at a U. Wellness Bus COVID-19 drive-thru test event at the Sorenson Multicultural Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. | Steve Griffin, Deseret News
Another 144 positives added from early July tests, bringing state total to 45,976 infected
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 408 new COVID-19 cases and seven additional deaths on Friday.
The new cases were confirmed out of about 2,460 tests, a 16.6% positive rate, according to the Utah Department of Health. The rolling seven-day average for new cases is 369 per day, and the average positive test rate is 8.8%.
On Friday, Utah also added 144 additional cases from early July that a lab had delayed reporting, according to health officials. They bring the state’s total to 45,976 cases of 589,817 people tested since the pandemic began, a 7.8% positive rate.
Currently, 171 people in Utah are hospitalized with the novel coronavirus, 13 fewer than on Thursday.
The seven deaths reported Friday bring the state’s toll to 360. They were three Salt Lake County women and one San Juan County woman, all between ages 65-84 and residents in long-term care facilities; a Salt Lake County man older than 85, also a long-term care resident; a Salt Lake County woman between ages 45-64, who was hospitalized when she died; and a Utah County woman between ages 65-84, who was also hospitalized when she died.
Just under 36,700 of Utah’s cases are considered recovered after surviving the three-week point since their diagnoses.
This story will be updated.
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