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Department of Health reports 785 new cases of COVID-19, no new fatalities

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Posted at 1:08 PM, Jul 19, 2020
and last updated 2020-07-19 15:08:22-04

The Utah Department of Health has released the latest COVID-19 numbers.

As of Sunday, there have been 34,177 lab-confirmed cases. That is an increase of 785 new cases since yesterday.

6,582 new tests bring the total number of people tested statewide to 462,822.

The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 637, or 10%

20,915 cases are considered recovered. The Department of Health looks at cases with a diagnosis date of three weeks ago without a fatality as recovered.

200 people are currently hospitalized. 2,033 people have been hospitalized in connection to the virus since March.

No new deaths were reported, keeping the statewide fatality rate at 243.