Utah reports 2,386 new COVID-19 cases Sunday; positive rate tops 20%

Laura Seitz, Deseret News

Seven-day rolling average cases, current COVID-19 hospitalizations at all-time high for state

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported another 2,386 COVID-19 cases and one additional death on Sunday.

The new cases were confirmed out of 9,311 people tested, a 25.6% positive rate, according to the Utah Department of Health.

The rolling seven-day average for new cases is at an all-time high in Utah of 2,290 per day, and the average positive test rate is 20.6%. On Sunday, a record 424 coronavirus patients were hospitalized with the disease in the state, 14 more than were hospitalized the previous day.

On Saturday, Gov. Gary Herbert held an emergency meeting with other state officials to decide on additional measures to stem the surge. Herbert’s office said announcements about those decisions are forthcoming.

The death reported Sunday — a Tooele County man between 45-64 who was hospitalized when he died — brings the state’s toll to 659.

Now 132,621 cases have been confirmed out of 1,158,817 people tested in Utah since the start of the pandemic, with an 11.4% positive rate. Hospitalizations in the state since the outbreak began now total 6,084.

New COVID-19 cases reported Sunday by health district:

• Salt Lake County, 1,001.
• Utah County, 502.
• Davis County, 271.
• Weber-Morgan, 246.
• Southwest Utah, 105.
• Bear River, 104.
• Tooele County, 44.
• Central Utah, 37.
• Wasatch County, 28.
• Summit County, 23.
• TriCounty (Uinta Basin), 15.
• Southeast Utah, 6.
• San Juan County, 4.

This story will be updated.

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