SALT LAKE CITY-Saturday, covid-19 statistics were updated for Utah by the state department of health.
There are currently 62,852 recorded cases of covid-19 in Utah. This is an increase of 1,077 in the past 24 hours. It also represents a net decrease of 40 in the same span.
There have now been 751,950 Utahns tested. This represents a net increase of 16,812 in the past 48 hours.
50,957 recoveries from covid-19 have occurred in Utah. This is a net increase of 465 in the past 24 hours. The recovery percentage is currently 81.07 percent in Utah.
There are currently 11,455 active cases in Utah, or 18.225 percent of all covid-19 cases recorded.
There have been 3,477 recorded hospitalizations for covid-19 in Utah. Of these, 137 are currently hospitalized, or 3.94 percent of all-time hospitalizations.
Of the 137 hospitalizations, 49 are in ICU or 35.8 percent. ICU is presently 70.8 percent occupied in Utah.
There were three new deaths attributed to covid-19 in Utah, raising the net total to 440 deaths. The current death percentage in Utah has dropped to 0.7 percent.
Wasatch County has eight new recorded cases of covid-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 700.
Hospitalizations (31) and deaths (7) remain unchanged in the past 24 hours in Wasatch County.
The most recent death attributed to covid-19 in Wasatch County occurred August 28.
