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The state of Utah is heading into the three-day Memorial Day weekend with 272 new cases of COVID-19, the state health department reported.
The rolling seven-day average of cases stood at 241 on Friday — a bit higher than Wednesday’s mark of 239, which was the lowest that tally has been in nearly a year.
Three more Utahns were listed as dying from the virus, the Utah Department of Health reported Friday.
Vaccine doses administered in past day/total doses administered • 13,478 / 2,569,456.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 1,196,015.
Cases reported in past day • 272.
Deaths reported in past day • Three — two Salt Lake County residents, a man and a woman, both between the ages of 45 and 64; and a Box Elder County man who was older than 85.
Tests reported in past day • 3,944 people were tested for the first time. A total of 8,267 people were tested.
Hospitalizations reported in past day • 147. Of those currently hospitalized, 53 are in intensive care. Both figures are the same as on Thursday.
Percentage of positive tests • Under the state’s original method, the rate is 6.9%. That’s higher than the seven-day average of 6.7%.
The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Friday’s rate was 3.3%, lower than the seven-day average of 3.9%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 405,659 cases; 2,297 deaths; 16,772 hospitalizations; 2,683,399 people tested.
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