15 more Utahns die from COVID-19 in final day

The Utah Department of Health adds 19 dead to the death toll – four died before September 1.

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Fifteen more Utahns have died from COVID-19 in the past day, and there have been nearly 1,600 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

The Utah Department of Health also added four deaths that occurred before September 1 to the state’s total, which now stands at 2,860.

In the past day, 1,598 Utahns have tested positive for COVID-19. School-aged children accounted for 23% of those cases, the Utah Department of Health said – a total of 371. There were 147 cases in children aged 5 to 10; 76 cases in children from 11 to 13 years old; and 148 cases in children aged 14-18.

The seven-day moving average for positive tests is 1,401 per day.

In the past four weeks, unvaccinated Utahns were 5.2 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those vaccinated, according to an analysis by the state’s health department. The unvaccinated were also 7.1 times more likely to be hospitalized and 6.5 times more likely to test positive for the coronavirus.

An additional 3,734 Utahns were fully vaccinated in the last day, bringing the total to 1,666,808, or 51% of Utah’s total population.

Vaccine doses administered during the last day / total doses administered • 5,826 / 3,411,342.

Fully vaccinated utahns • 1,666,808

Cases reported in the last day • 1,598.

Deaths reported in the past day • 19.

Tests reported the day before • 11,908 people were tested for the first time. A total of 20,466 people were tested.

Hospitalizations reported in the last day • 562. This is one more than reported on Wednesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 223 are in intensive care, four less than reported on Wednesday.

Percentage of positive tests • According to the original state method, the rate is 13.4% in the last day. This is slightly lower than the seven-day average of 13.6%.

The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeat testing of the same individual. The rate reported Thursday was 7.8%, which is lower than the seven-day average of 9.9%.

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

Totals to date • 499,026 cases; 2,860 deaths; 21,676 hospitalizations; 3,394,580 people tested.

According to the state’s health department, Utah has seen 15,879 “groundbreaking” cases of COVID-19 – people who contracted the virus two weeks or more after being fully vaccinated. That’s 0.95% of people who are fully vaccinated.

Of those, 827 required hospitalization – 0.05% of those fully vaccinated. And there were 106 deaths – 0.0064% of those fully vaccinated.

– This story is developing and will be updated.