Utah reports 562 new COVID-19 cases due to a sharp increase in the rate of positive tests

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State health officials say the result of a positive COVID-19 test in Utah on Tuesday has risen sharply, reaching an all-time high – indicating that many infected people are not being screened, state health officials said.

Statewide, Utah’s positive test rate has been above 5% since May 25, according to data from the Utah Department of Health (UDOH). The previous high was 10.57 per cent on July 19.

With 562 new coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday, Utah’s new diagnosis rate fell short of the governor’s target of less than 400 cases a day.

The UDOHA said that over the past seven days, Utah has an average of 521 new positive test results per day. Gov. Gary Herbert said he wanted the state to bring down 400 new cases every day on Sept. 1, a goal Utah met in mid-August, but exceeded it again this month.

The virus continued to spread rapidly in Utah County, with 198 new cases reported Tuesday – the highest county in the state. Over the past seven days, Utah County has an average of 16 new states per 100,000 people per day, compared to 16 in 16 states and 16 in Salt Lake County.

The increase is centered around the home provo of Brigham Young University. Provo has created an average of more than 70 new daily cases per 100,000 inhabitants; State health officials say college-age young adults are among the county’s latest new cases. Highland and Mapleton also saw sharp increases last week, according to county data. Utah County is at the “yellow,” or lower restriction, level; Provo masks are under order.

New There has also been a sharp rise in cases in the Northern Utah Bear River Health District, including Utah State University. The school has registered 143 new cases since the start of the fall term, 21 of them yesterday. Its seven-day average for new cases has more than doubled in less than two weeks, in less than two weeks, Sept. 1. On Tuesday the 14th from six days in 100,000 residents on the 2nd.

The death toll from the coronavirus in Utah was 436 on Tuesday, the same as on Monday.

According to Utah reports, there were 128 Utah patients at once. At the end of July an average of 211 patients were hospitalized every day – on average, an average of 124 patients have been treated daily in Utah hospitals since last week.

A total of 3,361 patients were hospitalized in Utah for COVID-19 between Monday and the 23rd.

On Tuesday the test, new30 new test results came in, which, on an average day of the week, tests૨. Below are the new tests. With more than 1,000 new results being reported in the state in mid-July, the demand for testing remains well below mid-July.

Since the opening of public schools on 13th August, there have been 47 outbreaks in schools, affecting 245 patients, with two new outbreaks in the previous day and 30 new cases reported.

Since the onset of the epidemic, there have been 290 patients with 58 school outbreaks, with their median age being 16 years. 9 of them have been hospitalized; No one died.

Of the 59,000 Utahns who tested positive for Covid-19, 49,327 are considered “recovered” – that is, they live for at least three weeks after diagnosis.