SALZSEE-CITY (KUTV) –
Along with news of another COVID-19 death, the Utah Department of Health released a statement on risk factors and “breakthrough cases” on Thursday and is adding new data to its COVID-19 dashboard.
The new life lost to the coronavirus was a Sanpete County man who was hospitalized at the time of his death and was between 65 and 84 years old. The UDOH statement states:
While no vaccines are 100% effective at preventing disease in vaccinated individuals, data from Utah shows that the vaccines were remarkably effective at protecting vaccinated Utahners from COVID-19. The data also shows that the vast majority of new cases are in unvaccinated people, driving the recent surge in COVID-19 cases.
“We will continue to push our goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by Independence Day. The COVID-19 vaccine has never been so readily available or easier to get. “
The full statement can be found at the end of this report.
With Utah COVID-19 cases hitting some of the highest total numbers in the past few months, we’re getting a better idea of how critical vaccines are in containing the spread. If the state can hit the 70 percent vaccination target, the number of positive cases would decrease, according to a newly published article by Utah Policy.
New data confirmed exactly what health experts were preaching. Right now, Utah is seeing an approximately 25% increase in cases with the Delta variant.
The growth of the virus in Utah is taking place in a number of areas. Kane Counties and Uintah Counties currently have the highest current case rate (not the total number of cases) in the last 14 days. Both, along with Grand County, are rated as “very high” per 100,000 residents. In contrast, in Garfield County, which borders Kane and Piute Counties, no cases have been reported in the past 14 days.
Of the several counties in Utah with high rates, Duchesne and Juab are higher than more populous counties such as Salt Lake, Utah, and Washington. San Juan, which has long been the highest rate in Utah, is now in the low case category.
Nationally, the Biden government on Thursday extended the nationwide eviction ban by a month to help millions of tenants unable to make rental payments during the coronavirus pandemic, but said it would be the last time it was planned.
The number of Americans claiming unemployment benefits fell last week, a sign that layoffs have decreased and the job market is improving.
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europe was “on thin ice” in the fight against the virus. The heads of state and government of the European Union agreed that vaccinations should be accelerated to combat the highly contagious Delta variant.
Still, there have been more deaths in America, according to the aggregated website Worldometers.info/coronavirus. The US tops the death toll at 618,337 at press time, followed by Brazil at 507,240. Brazil’s President, who downplayed the virus and has now met with public protests over his perceived inaction.
Brazil had by far the most new deaths yesterday at 2,345, more than double the 978 of next-ranked India.
THE UTAH HEALTH DEPARTMENT came forward the following Thursday
Positive:
- We will report 413,008 positive cases today. That’s an increase of 462 new cases since yesterday.
Vaccinations:
- We’ll report a total of 2,809,865 vaccines administered, 7,412 more than yesterday.
Laboratory tests:
- We will report 2,774,848 people tested. This is an increase of 4,190 people tested since yesterday.
- We will report 5,069,941 total tests. This is an increase of 7,099 tests since yesterday.
Tendencies:
- The 7-day rolling average for positive tests is 324 per day.
- The 7-day rolling average for the percent positivity of “people over people” is 8.9%. The 7-day rolling average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 5.9%.
Hospital stays:
- There are currently 158 people in the hospital with COVID-19. The total number of hospital admissions since the outbreak began is 17,372.
Deaths:
We will report a total of 2,337 deaths, one more than yesterday.
- Male, between 65 and 84, residents of Sanpete County, hospitalized at the time of death
COVID-19 RESOURCES
- More information from the Utah coronavirus website, including information on vaccinations, is available here.
- For more information on where to get vaccinated in Utah, click here.
- To learn more from CDC’s COVID-19 website, click here.
- For COVID-19 data collected worldwide, click here.
- You can find more news on the subject of coronavirus here.
UTAH CUMULATIVE COVID-19 CASES BY WEEK – WEEKLY INCREASE:
- Sun., March 15: 28-28
- Sun., March 22: 181 – +153
- Sun., March 29: 719 – +538
- Sun. April 5: 1.605 – +886
- Sun. April 12: 2.303 – +698
- Sun. April 19: 3.069 – +766
- Sunday, April 26th: 3,948 – +879
- Sun., May 3: 5,175 – +1,227
- Sun, May 10: 6,251 – +1,076
- Sun., May 17th: 7,238 – +987
- Sun, May 24th: 8,392 – +1,154
- Sun., May 31: 9,797 – +1,405
- Sun., June 7: 12,066 – +2, 269
- Sun. June 14: 14,313 – +2,247
- Sun., June 21: 17,462 – +3,149
- Sun., June 28: 21,100 – +3,638
- Sun., July 5th: 24,952 – +3,852
- Sun, July 12: 29,484 – +4,532
- Sun., July 19: 34,117 – + 4,633
- Sun., July 26th: 37,973 – + 3,856
- Sun., August 2: 41, 175 – + 3,202
- Sun., August 9: 44,127 – + 2,952
- Sunday, August 16: 46,652 – + 2,528
- Sun., August 23: 49,115 – + 2,463
- Sun., August 30: 51,854 – + 2,739
- Sun., September 6: 54,660 – +2,806
- Sun., September 13: 57,875 – +3,215
- Sun., September 20: 63,772 – +5,897
- Sun., September 27: 70,615 – +6,843
- Sun., Oct. 4 77,618 – +7,003
- Sun, October 11: 85.844 – +8.266
- Sun., Oct. 18: 94,394 – +8,550
- Sun. Oct 25: 104,882 – + 10,488
- Sun. November 1: 116,510 – +11,628
- Sun, November 8: 132,621 – +16,111
- Sun., November 15: 153,808 – +21,187
- Sun., November 22: 177.176 – +23.368
- Sun., November 29: 193,809 – +16,633
- Sun., Dec. 6: 215,407 – +21,598
- Sun., Dec. 13: 233.904 – +18.497
- Sun., Dec. 20: 250,964 – +17,060
- Sun., Dec. 27: 264,874 – +13,910
- Sun, January 3, 2021: 283,473 – + 18,599
- Sun., January 10th, 2021: 305.999 – + 22.526
- Sun., January 17, 2021: 323.837 – + 17.838
- Sun., January 24th, 2021: 336.405 – + 12.568
- Sun, January 31, 2021: 346.624 – + 10.219
- Sun, February 7, 2021: 354,608 – + 7,984
- Sun., February 14, 2021: 361.294 – +6.686
- Sun., February 21, 2021: 366,735 – +5,441
- Sun., 02/28/2021: 371.235 – +4.500
- Sun. March 7, 2021: 374,850 – +3,615
- Sun. March 14, 2021: 378,379 – +3,529
- Sun., March 21, 2021: 381,629 – +3,250
- Sun., March 28, 2021: 384,562 – +2,933
- Sun., April 4, 2021: 387,341 – +2,779
- Sun, April 11, 2021: 390.104 – +2.763
- Sun, April 18, 2021: 392,757 – +2,653
- Sun, April 25, 2021: 395.431 – +2.674
- Sun., May 2, 2021: 398.012 – +2.581
- Sun, May 9, 2021: 400.352 – +2.340
- Sun., May 16, 2021: 402.567 – +2.215
- Sun. May 23, 2021: 404.477 – +1.910
- Sun., May 30, 2021: 406.027 – +1.550
- Sun, June 6, 2021: 407,642 – +1,615
- Sun. June 13, 2021: 409,588 – +1,946
- Sun. June 20, 2021: 411.610 – +2.022
COMPLETE UDOH STATEMENT
“Today’s dashboard has been updated to include additional information. Data on the number of breakthrough cases (people who became ill 14 days or more after being fully vaccinated) has been added to the Risk Factors tab. To prevent disease in vaccinated people, data from Utah shows.” that the vaccines were remarkably effective in protecting vaccinated Utahner from COVID-19.
“The vaccination dates have also been updated. A routine data quality project identified several thousand doses that were mistakenly counted as first doses that should have been counted as second doses.
“The result is a 0.8% decrease in the number of adults with at least one dose and a 0.6% increase in the number of fully vaccinated adults.
“Although the timing of this discovery is unfortunate as the state is pushing to vaccinate 70% of adults with at least one dose by July 4th, we remain committed to data transparency and integrity.
“We will continue to push our goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by Independence Day. The COVID-19 vaccine has never been so readily available or easier to get. We encourage anyone who has not yet been vaccinated to make plans now ”to get vaccinated. Visit coronavirus.utah.gov to find out where to get vaccinated. “
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