Utah coronavirus case numbers spike to 458 on Saturday, with another hospitalization tied to a school outbreak - Salt Lake Tribune

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With 458 new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday, Utah’s rate of new went up slightly, but stayed under the governor’s target of fewer than 400 cases per day over a seven-day average.

For the past week, Utah has averaged 366 new positive test results per day, the Utah Department of Health reported on Saturday. Gov. Gary Herbert had said he wanted the state to get below 400 new cases per day by Sept. 1 — and with just two days to go, new cases would need to continue to rise to miss that target.

Hospitalizations did not change significantly on Saturday, with 119 Utah patients concurrently admitted, UDOH reported. On average, 124 patients have been receiving treatment in Utah hospitals each day for the past week — continuing a decline from the peak average of 211 patients hospitalized each day at the end of July

In total, 3,057 patients have been hospitalized in Utah for COVID-19, up 16 from Friday.

Statewide, Utah’s rate of positive tests have been above 5% since May 25, according to UDOH data.

There were 2,815 new test results reported on Saturday, below the weeklong average of 4,028 new tests per day. Testing demand has been dropping since late July, state officials and hospital administrators have said; in mid-July, the state was reporting more than 7,000 new test results per day, on average.

Utah’s death toll from the coronavirus stood at 407 on Saturday, the same as Friday.

Since public schools began opening on Aug. 13, there have been outbreaks in seven schools, affecting 54 patients, with one new outbreak, eight new cases and one new hospitalization reported in the past day. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 99 patients infected in 18 school outbreaks, with an average age of 18. Six of those patients have been hospitalized; none have died.

Per population, the virus appears to be spreading the most rapidly in Utah County, where there have been, on average, 16.5 new cases a day per 100,000 people, for the past week. Utah County is followed by Salt Lake County, at 13.3 new cases daily per 100,000 people, and then Summit County, where new cases are slowing after an August outbreak at a private party.

The virus also appears to be becoming more prevalent in Davis County, where the average number of new cases has risen from 25 per day to 36 per day over the past week and a half — or from seven to 10 new cases daily, per 100,000 people.

Of 51,406 Utahns who have tested positive for COVID-19, 43,342 are considered “recovered” — that is, they have survived for at least three weeks after being diagnosed.

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