LOGAN – Tuesday Utah’s COVID-19 caseload grew as 446 new positive tests were recorded.
At the same time nine new cases were reported in the Bear River Health District, six found in Cache County and three in Box Elder County.
To date there have been 2,076 positive tests recorded in the Bear River district with 1,770 in Cache County and 300 in Box Elder County with six in Rich County.
There are now 211 Utahns hospitalized with COVID-19 and the total of hospitalizations from the start of the pandemic is 2,295. Tuesday, the seven-day average of hospitalizations reached 209, a new one-week record during the pandemic.
Since reporting began in March, there are have been 38,855 Utahns who have contracted the virus. The total number of cases described as “recovered” has grown to 25,905.
Also, among the 2,076 total positive cases in the Bear River District, 1,642 are termed as recovered. The five deaths reported in the local district include three in Cache County and two in Box Elder county.
There are eight COVID patients from the district who are currently hospitalized, seven from Cache County and one from Box Elder County.
As of Tuesday, there have been 286 COVID-19 deaths in Utah during the pandemic, that is five more than Monday.
Utah has averaged 541 new cases the last seven days. The rolling seven-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests is 9.7 percent.
There was an increase of 4,651 tests from Monday and the total tested in Utah in more than four months is 514,509.
In Idaho there are 18,694 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 152 deaths. There have 45 positive tests in Franklin County with six positives in Bear Lake County and eight in Oneida County.
USELESS!!!…….WHY??………because unless people are being given there test results in 24-48 hrs…..”they are not”….it’s like 7-10 days…..GARBAGE. mix that with a 2-3 week delay in effects of this virus and what you have is a JOKE.
Wait until next week, a large employer in Logan is forcing their employees to take the test. Take it or get fired.
It was illegal just a few months ago. 200 positives next Tuesday or Wednesday.
This virus is wzy out of control we got some that will wear their mask and others just don’t give a damb about thwm and people are getting tested but not the results back in and we got individuals and families that need some extra help now will go that extra mile and help ones with our same skin color but yet won’t help ones with brown skin or lighter skin come on people just because their not the same color as us doesn’t mean they don’t need help well they do God created us equal just because their not our color qere going to lwt them suffer come on lets get together and help everyone if they need food or help with bills etc lets give each other a helping hand because this covid19 ain’t going no where anytime soon