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Health Dept: 988 more COVID-19 cases in Utah; five additional deaths

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Posted at 1:00 PM, Oct 12, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-12 15:06:43-04

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Health's COVID-19 report for Monday shows an additional 988 confirmed cases and five more deaths.

Utah now has 86,832 COVID-19 cases. The state's rolling seven-day average fro positive tests is 1,145 per day, and the rolling seven-day average for the percent of positive tests is 13.9

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 4,331 people in Utah have required hospitalization for COVID-19. Of those, 249 remain hospitalized.

522 people in Utah have died of COVID-19. The five additional deaths reported Monday are:

  • Male, between 65-84, Davis County resident, long-term care facility resident
  • Female, between 45-64, Garfield County resident, hospitalized at time of death
  • Female, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident
  • Male, between 64-85, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
  • Male, between 64-85, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident

63,961 of Utah's cases are considered "recovered." A case with a diagnosis date of more than three weeks ago, who has not passed away, is considered recovered.