More than 2,400 more Utahns tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend

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Another 2,441 Utahns tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, and 12 more people died.

The Utah Department of Health also removed 18 earlier cases from the overall total after further testing.

The rolling seven-day average of new cases stands at 903. (UDOH no longer reports coronavirus numbers on weekends.)

In the past four weeks, unvaccinated Utahns were 5.4 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than vaccinated people, according to an analysis from the Utah Department of Health. The unvaccinated were also 6.5 times more likely to be hospitalized, and five times more likely to test positive from the coronavirus.

An additional 7,659 Utahns were fully vaccinated over the weekend, bring the total to 1,524,222 — 46.6% of Utah’s total population.

Vaccine doses administered in past three days/total doses administered • 21,633 / 3,137,913.

Utahns fully vaccinated • 1,524,222.

Cases reported in past three days • 2,441.

Deaths reported in past three days • 12.

There were four deaths in Salt Lake County — two men and one woman between the ages of 45-64, and a man 65-84.

Davis County reported three deaths — two men and a woman 65-84. And three Utah County residents died — two men 65-84 and a man 85-plus.

Also, a man 65-84 in Cache County and another man 65-84 in Weber County.

Tests reported in past three days • 17,060 people were tested for the first time. A total of 26,747 people were tested.

Hospitalizations reported in the past day • 379. That’s 25 more than on Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 150 are in intensive care, 14 more than on Friday.

Percentage of positive tests • Under the state’s original method, the rate is 14.3%. That’s higher than the seven-day average of 13.4%.

The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Monday’s rate was 9.1%, lower than the seven-day average of 9.5%

[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]

Totals to date • 3,019,780 cases; 2,537 deaths; 19,360 hospitalizations; 3,019,780 people tested.

This story is developing and will be updated.