Utah COVID-19 case counts drop, remain high in some counties
Utah reported 6,872 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, down 7% from the previous week. The previous week had 7,388 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Utah ranked 25th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 4.6% from the week before, with 750,600 cases reported. With 0.96% of the country's population, Utah had 0.92% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 24 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
The Fourth of July holiday disrupted who got tested, when people got tested and when both test results and deaths were reported. This may significantly skew week-to-week comparisons.
Across Utah, cases fell in four counties, with the best declines in Salt Lake County, with 2,742 cases from 3,151 a week earlier; in Utah County, with 1,108 cases from 1,215; and in Davis County, with 835 cases from 918.
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Within Utah, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in San Juan County with 300 cases per 100,000 per week; Summit County with 268; and Salt Lake County with 236. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Salt Lake County, with 2,742 cases; Utah County, with 1,108 cases; and Davis County, with 835. Weekly case counts rose in three counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Wasatch, San Juan and Summit counties.
In Utah, 13 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 18 people were reported dead.
A total of 989,767 people in Utah have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 4,847 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States, 88,593,875 people have tested positive and 1,020,861 people have died.
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Utah's COVID-19 hospital admissions rising
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, July 10. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
Last week: 410
The week before that: 383
Four weeks ago: 269
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
Last week: 69,400
The week before that: 63,341
Four weeks ago: 57,327
Hospitals in 39 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 35 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 42 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on St. George Spectrum & Daily News: COVID-19 tracker: Utah case counts drop, remain high in some counties
