Utah records new 481 COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are pictured at a Davis County Health Department vaccination clinic at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington on Thursday, March 11, 2021. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah officials reported another 481 new COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths from the virus Tuesday.

The state has now reached 379,081 cases and the loss of 2,032 lives, according to the Utah Department of Health. At the same time, a total of 1,027,073 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the state, a daily increase of 16,373.

Utah’s vaccine eligibility list is set to open to all adults April 1. Currently, Utahns 50 and older and those with specified medical conditions are on the list, as well as health care workers, first responders, long-term care facility residents and staffs, and K-12 teachers and school staffs.

The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 492 per day, with 5,476 Utahns tested since Monday. The rolling seven-day average for the percent positivity is 4.1% when all test results are considered, now the method used by the state, and 8.3% when multiple tests by an individual over the past 90 days are excluded.

Utah hospitals have 171 COVID-19 patients and 15,167 people have been hospitalized in the state since the start of the pandemic a year ago. The five deaths from the virus reported Tuesday are:

• A Washington County man, older than 85, long-term care facility resident.
• A Utah County woman, between 65 and 84, not hospitalized.
• A Salt Lake County woman, between 65 and 84, hospitalized at time of death.
• A Summit County man, older than 85, not hospitalized.
• A Washington County man, between 65 and 84, long-term care facility resident.

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