Utah’s Monday case count is 2,160, but the positivity rate is a staggering 33%

The state’s Monday case count indicates 2,160 new coronavirus positives since Sunday but with 6,619 people tested, 33 percent of those tests were positive in that 24-hour period.

There have been 47 deaths in the Bear River Health District, 27 from Box Elder County and 20 from Cache County.

There were 116 new positives found Monday in northern Utah. There have been 15,339 total cases in the district since the start of the outbreak.

A total of 537 patients in the district have been hospitalized.

Among the 15,339 positive cases over the course of the pandemic in the Bear River District 13,534 have recovered.

There have been 1,305 coronavirus fatalities in Utah, including four new deaths  in the department of health’s Monday report.

Monday’s updated figures show 48,575 vaccines have now been administered.

The UDOH reported Monday a new seven-day rolling average for positive tests of 2,716 a day for the past week while the rolling seven-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests grew to 30.8 percent.

Utah’s new total for COVID-19 positive tests since the start of the pandemic in March has now reached 285,633.

Over the course of the pandemic there have been 1,752,324 tests administered in Utah.

Across the state, current hospitalizations Sunday held steady at 484. Since the beginning of the outbreak there have been 11,240 hospitalizations.

The latest Idaho report indicates there are 143,305 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state. There have been 1,459 COVID deaths in Idaho with 938 positive tests in Franklin County, 277 positives in Bear Lake County and 252 in Oneida County.

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4 Comments

  • Prince Albert January 5, 2021 at 8:54 am Reply

    Monday’s real covid news. 108 recoveries 0 deaths in the district.

    • Zach January 5, 2021 at 11:26 am Reply

      Ah, to hear the fat and happy insect on the leaf proclaim that as long as he isn’t personally affected by the miseries of his dying brethren in the dust, there is no problem.
      I pray it won’t become a problem for you, sir. Sadly, your ignorance and selfishness- and the others like you and the lies of your favored news channels and social media- ensure it will continue to be a problem for others.

      • Prince Albert January 6, 2021 at 12:52 pm Reply

        I am very happy that 108 people recovered and no one died. Apparently this angers you.
        Sadly one person has passed away since Monday’s update. Thankfully 256 people have recovered since then.
        I think 256 people surviving the Covid is wonderful news. Thank you for praying for me.

        • skeetr January 8, 2021 at 3:30 pm Reply

          hi mr dick piercing, wat up?

          so ya, our hospitals aren’t full so we are lucky in our region that people can ‘recover’ — assuming that is what you mean by that word. we are also lucky not a lot of people really want to live in this area, and our pop density is pretty low, so the hospitals will hopefully remain that way until enough people with an ounce of civil duty in their blood get immunized. will you getting the two pokes?

          Utah is also doing a pretty good job overall with mitigation efforts. think these reasons are why we aren’t seeing caskets, but you are a fat bug on a leaf casting away concern of the potential here and the reality elsewhere.

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