The number of Utah coronavirus cases rose to 656 on Friday

There has been an increase in cases of coronavirus in Utah on Friday, with 656 new infections reported, according to a report from the Utah Department of Health.

But Monday’s Labor Day holiday and Tuesday in northern Utah may be linked to delays in reporting growth due to hurricanes, health officials said.

“Today’s caseload growth is the largest daily net increase since the end of July. State epidemiologist Dr. “We’re keeping an eye on the numbers, and want to repeat, because we have this response, that one day of data doesn’t necessarily indicate a trend,” Angela Dunn said in a news release.

“… Many test sites were closed for Labor Day on Tuesday and Tuesday due to the hurricane. It is possible that those tested on Monday and Tuesday waited until the weekend for testing, resulting in an increase in the number of positive cases identified today. “

Over the past seven days, Utah has received an average of 403 new positive test results per day, down from the previous Friday’s 409-case average, the health department said. The government’s Gary Herbert said they want the state’s average Sept. By 1, 400 new cases were coming down every day, a target Utah met in the middle of Ut Gust, but has surpassed it again in the past week.

The death toll from the coronavirus in Utah was 1 at1 on Friday, the deadliest one since Thursday – a man from Salt Lake County, who is over 85, who was not hospitalized when he died.

U.D.O.H. The report said no 123 Utah patients were easily admitted to the hospital on Friday. An average of 119 patients have been treated in Utah hospitals every day since last week – well below the peak average of 211 patients admitted to the hospital every day in late July.

A total of 3,288 patients have been hospitalized in Utah for COVID-19 as of Thursday 15.

Across the state, Utah has had a positive test rate of over 5% since May 25, according to Eudoh data.

On Friday there were 4,041 new test results, compared to the average of 4,013 new tests per day of the week. Demand for testing has been declining since last week and is well below mid-July, with the state reporting more than 1,000 new test results every day on average.

Since the start of public schools on August 1, there have been 34 outbreaks in schools, affecting 1,156 patients, with five new outbreaks in the past day and eight new cases reported.

Since the onset of the epidemic, there have been 1,201 infected patients, outbreaks of 45 schools, with an average age of 17. 9 of them have been hospitalized; No one died.

Positive testers for Covid-19, 56, Ut75. Of the utensils, 48,018 are considered “recovered” – that is, they survived for at least three weeks after diagnosis.