SALT LAKE CITY — On Friday the Utah Department of Health (UDoH) released updated COVID-19 statistics representing two days, as they did not report new numbers on Thanksgiving. The total number of additional Utahns infected with COVID-19 is 6,142.
That number brings the overall total of Utahns diagnosed with COVID-19 to 190,044.
UDoH said 3,829 more Utahns were reported to have COVID-19 on Thursday, and 2,313 more Utahns were reported to have the virus on Friday.
Utah health officials also reported that 849 Utahns have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, representing 15 additional deaths since numbers were last reported on Wednesday.
On Friday, the 7-day rolling average for positive tests was 2,764 per day, and the rolling 7-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests was 21.3%
Right now, there are 569 Utahns hospitalized with COVID-19, 205 are being treated in the intensive care unit. The total number of Utahns requiring hospitalization since the beginning of the pandemic is now 7,948.
A new interactive map shows hotspots of COVID-19 activity across the country by displaying each county’s 7-day rolling case average.
The map, from the Associated Press, allows users to explore data county-by-county, and automatically updates daily.
To use the map, hover over a county for the latest 7-day rolling average of COVID-19 cases in that area.