Utah health officials report 1,081 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths Tuesday

phlebotomist David Sagae checks a vial of saliva at an Intermountain Healthcare COVID-19 mobile testing site outside of Orem Community Hospital in Orem on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 1,081 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths on Tuesday.

The cases were confirmed out of 5,765 tests, with an 18.8% positive rate, according to the Utah Department of Health. The rolling seven-day average for new cases is 1,251 per day, and the average positive test rate is 14.8%.

Tuesday marked the seventh day in a row with more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Utah.

Currently, 291 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state, which is three more than were hospitalized on Monday.

The deaths reported Tuesday bring the state’s toll to 551. They were: a San Juan County man between 65 and 84, who was not hospitalized when he died; a Utah County woman older than 85, who was a long-term care resident; a Salt Lake County man older than 85, who was not hospitalized when he died; a Salt Lake County woman older than 85, who was hospitalized when she died; and a Cache County man between 45 and 64, who was also hospitalized when he died.

Now 96,643 cases have been confirmed out of 986,424 people tested in Utah since the pandemic began, with an overall positive rate of 9.8%. Nearly 71,700 of the state’s cases are considered recovered after surviving the three-week point since their diagnoses. Hospitalizations since the outbreak hit Utah total 4,753.

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