SALT LAKE CITY-Sunday, statistics were updated for covid-19 in Utah by the state department of health.
Since statistics began being kept, there have been 46,652 recorded cases of covid-19 in the Beehive State.
This is an increase of 331 in the past 24 hours and a net decrease of 14 in the same span.
598, 527 Utahns have now been tested for covid-19. This is an increase of 3,626 in the past 24 hours.
This increased the positive test percentage to 7.79 percent. The oscillation between 7.78 percent and 7.79 percent has occurred the past seven days in Utah.
The 24-hour positive test percentage increased to 9.13 percent Sunday. Saturday, this figure was at 6.03 percent.
There have been 37,701 recoveries from covid-19 in Utah. This is an increase of 355 in the past 24 hours and a net decrease of 312 in the same span.
Currently, 80.81 percent of covid-19 cases in Utah are recovered. This is a slight increase from Saturday’s 80.62 percent.
There are presently 8,589 active cases in Utah. This is a net decrease of 24 in the past 24 hours.
The active case percentage in Utah is 18.4 percent.
The differential between recovered cases and active cases in Utah experienced a slight increase (+409) in the past 24 hours, increasing the figure to 29,142 more recovered cases than active cases.
There were 11 new hospitalizations recorded in the past 24 hours in Utah. This raises the total to 2,771 in the Beehive State since statistics began being kept.
There are three less current hospitalizations in the past 24 hours in Utah, dropping the number to 164. This caused the current covid-19 hospitalization percentage to drop below 6 percent. Sunday, this number checked in at 5.91 percent.
The current hospitalizations in ICU stayed stable at 64, the same amount as Saturday. This caused a slight increase in the covid-19 ICU current hospitalization percentage, raising it to 39.02 percent. Saturday, this figure was at 38.32 percent.
The current ICU percentage of occupation in Utah is 66.7 percent.
No new deaths were recorded in Utah for covid-19 Sunday, keeping the total at 363. This caused a slight decrease in the death rate percentage. Sunday, it checked in at 0.778 percent. Saturday, this number was at 0.783 percent.
Wasatch County saw six new recorded cases of covid-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 598 net cases. The hospitalizations (23) and deaths (4) attributed to covid-19 in the past 24 hours remained unchanged in the past 24 hours.
The most recent death attributed to covid-19 in Wasatch County occurred July 6.
