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Utah is ever so close to having 1.4 million of its residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus — 626 people short of that number.
The 1,399,374 who are fully vaccinated represent 43% of the state’s total population and 54% of those age 12 and over who are eligible to get the shots. Just over 1.573 million Utahns have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine — 48.4% of the state’s total population and 60.7% of those 12 and over.
The Utah Department of Health also reported three more deaths and 361 new cases of the coronavirus.
Vaccine doses administered in past day/total doses administered • 4,519 / 2,851,187.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 1,399,374.
Cases reported in past day • 361.
Deaths reported in past day • Three — a Box Elder County between the ages of 25-44, a Davis County man 45-64, and a Salt Lake County man 45-64.
Tests reported in past day • 3,272 people were tested for the first time. A total of 5,452 people were tested.
Hospitalizations reported in the past day • 225. That’s five more than on Monday. Of those currently hospitalized, 79 are in intensive care, seven more than on Monday.
Percentage of positive tests • Under the state’s original method, the rate is 11%. That’s higher than the seven-day average of 9.7%.
The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Tuesday’s rate was 6.6%, about the same as the seven-day average of 6.5%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 414,565 cases; 2,368 deaths; 17,481 hospitalizations; 2,790,264 people tested.
This story is developing and will be updated.
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