Utah reports 4,688 new COVID-19 cases; 12 additional deaths over past week

Megan Clay administers a COVID-19 test to Angel Alsammarraie in West Valley City on July 6. New cases of COVID-19 continued decreasing on Thursday as the Utah health officials reported 4,688 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths over the past seven days.

Megan Clay administers a COVID-19 test to Angel Alsammarraie in West Valley City on July 6. New cases of COVID-19 continued decreasing on Thursday as the Utah health officials reported 4,688 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths over the past seven days. (Ben B. Braun, Deseret News)


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SALT LAKE CITY — New cases of COVID-19 continued decreasing on Thursday as the Utah Department of Health and Human Services reported 4,688 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths over the past seven days.

The average daily case count over the past week was just under 770 per day. Case counts have been falling over the past few weeks.

Last week, 5,150 cases were confirmed. During the week ending on July 28, Utah confirmed 5,866 cases; in the week prior, ending July 21, 6,870 new cases were reported. The numbers do not include home tests, which don't get reported to public health officials.

On Thursday, 191 patients in Utah hospitals had the coronavirus. The percentage of people who visited emergency rooms and had COVID-19 fell to 3.63% from 4.26% the previous week.

Fewer wastewater testing facilities showed increased or elevated levels of the virus over the last week — 64.7% of locations, according to state data. That number has also continued dropping since July 28.

To date, Utah has confirmed 1,020,130 cases of the coronavirus and 4,940 deaths due to the disease.

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Ashley Imlay is an evening news manager for KSL.com. A lifelong Utahn, Ashley has also worked as a reporter for the Deseret News and is a graduate of Dixie State University.

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