University of Utah Health medical assistant Taylor Gilmore wears a cooling bandana around her neck as she tests for COVID-19 in Farmington on Friday, July 31, 2020. University of Utah Health is using cooling methods at its testing stations to keep employees comfortable during the extreme heat. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 263 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and five additional deaths.
The cases were confirmed out of 4,721 tests, with a 5.6% positive rate, according to the Utah Department of Health. They bring the state’s total since the pandemic began to 47,157 cases of 606,516 people tested, with an overall positive rate of 7.8%.
On Monday, the lowest number of daily new coronavirus cases were confirmed since early June, with just under 250.
The rolling seven-day average for new cases is 341 per day, and the average positive test rate is 8.8%. Currently, 134 patients in Utah are hospitalized with the disease, five fewer than on Monday.
The five deaths reported Tuesday bring the state’s toll to 369. They include: a Salt Lake County man between the ages of 25 and 44 who was hospitalized when he died; a Salt Lake County woman between 45-64, who was a long-term care resident; a Salt Lake County woman between 65-84, who was not hospitalized when she died; a Box Elder County man older than 85, who was a long-term care resident; and a Weber County woman between 65-84, who was hospitalized before she died.
About 38,500 of the state’s cases are considered recovered after surviving the three-week point since their diagnoses, meaning fewer than 10,000 now have active infections.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
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