Near-record hospitalizations and extremely high rates of positive test results once again suggest that cases are being undercounted amid a statewide testing shortage.
For more than a week, state officialsunless they have health risks or are likely to expose vulnerable people.
But with about 30% of all tests coming back positive during the past week, Utah is almost certainly undercounting its cases. The higher the percent positivity, the likelier it is that a large number of infected residents are not being tested and may be spreading the virus unwittingly. State health officials have said the positivity rate would have to drop to 3% to suggest the virus is under control. Instead, 25% of the test results reported since Friday were positive.
Utah’s hospitals remained near capacity, and the number of currently hospitalized COVID-19 patients — 738 — is down slightly from Friday’s 765 but far higher than the record before this month: 606 patients in December 2020. There are fewer COVID patients in intensive care units now than there were then . But hospital staffing is tighter now than it was in 2020, Utah hospital administrators have said.
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