Utah has seen 446,808 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 2,537 total deaths as of Monday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 2,423 cases since Friday. 12 additional deaths were reported.
Here are the latest numbers.
- Total number of COVID-19 cases: 446,808
- Total reported people tested: 3,019,780
- Vaccines administered: 3,137,913
- Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 19,360
- Current COVID-19 hospitalizations: 379
- Total COVID-19 deaths: 2,537
- Single-day high for reported cases: 4,672 (Dec. 31)
- Single-day high for reported deaths: 30 (Dec. 17 and Jan. 21)
Recently
- Doctors say face coverings are needed in addition to getting vaccinated against COVID-19, which is now spreading faster and stronger than ever before.
- Utah Sen. Mike Lee suggested in a post on his personal Facebook page that requiring people to wear masks might violate the right to free speech.
- Vaccinations are lagging and cases are climbing in Utah. Thursday, the Utah Department of Health reported 1,113 new cases of COVID-19 in the state — the highest case count since mid-February.
- Utahns still give Gov. Spencer Cox high marks for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll.
But they’re split over the efforts of President Joe Biden and his top medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
- Utah has reached its goal of administering at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 70% of adults.
- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox took on rising COVID-19 cases, among other timely topics, in a “Face the Nation” appearance.
- As of Thursday, the Utah Department of Health reported 1,108 cases of the delta variant already have been identified in the state, nearly 10 times as many cases as in mid-June.
- A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows Utahns overwhelmingly support Gov. Spencer Cox’s decision to halt pandemic-related unemployment benefits early.
- Utah is seeing a spike in new hospitalizations from COVID-19 infections.
- COVID-19 cases are going up among younger Utahns who are less likely to get vaccinated against the virus, even as the highly contagious delta variant continues to spread, University of Utah Health physicians are warning.
Worldwide
Globally, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 205,338,159 and killed 4,333,094 people as of Friday, according to the World Health Organization.
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