This report is updated daily at approximately 1:00 p.m. Information on COVID-19 cases changes rapidly, and this report may not reflect updates made after 1:00 p.m. by local health departments or health care systems.
Report Date: April 16, 2020
* The number of recovered persons is estimated by the number of cases whose first posititve laboratory test was reported at least 21 days ago, excluding deaths.
Laboratory: As of March 19th, 2020 all major private and public laboratories in Utah are reporting positive and negative COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) results to UDOH, positive cases are reported immediately. Negative results may have up to a 72-hour lag before being reported and results prior to March 19th may be under-reported. Laboratory positives may not match confirmed cases due to ongoing investigations and confirmatory testing. When available, laboratory data is shown by the date a sample was tested. If unavailable, it is shown by the date reported to public health.
Case data: As of 4/15, case data are displayed by the both the date the first positive laboratory result (FPLR) is reported to public health and the self-reported symptom onset date. Previously this was reported by the first day a person was reported (through laboratory results or contact tracing) to public health. The FPLR date will provide a more stable estimate of the new cases reported to public health, however, there will be small differences in cases by date as public health receives additional information. Onset date is taken preferentially from the following dates when available: 1) self-reported date of first symptoms, 2) date diagnosed by a clinician, 3) date first positive specimen was collected, 4) first report to public health. The actual number of cases in Utah is higher than what is reported due to mild cases not feeling ill enough to seek care, clinician judgement for testing, and expanding laboratory capacity.
Hospitalization Data: Hospitalizations in this table represent the total number of cases that have been admitted to hospitals. This count does not represent the number of COVID-19 cases currently in the hospital. Hospitalization data is collected from patient interviews and medical chart abstractions by Local Health Departments (LHDs). While UDOH and LHDs capture most hospitalizations through provider reporting, some patients may be hospitalized after the case was investigated by an LHD and therefore not included in this count. Hospitalizations by age may not sum to total hospitalizations because some cases are initially reported without complete age data.
Demographic data: There will be small count differences in data presented by age groups, self-reported sex, and hospitalization status. This is because some cases are not initially reported with all of these data elements and unknowns are excluded from this report. Case data will be updated as local health departments (LHDs) and the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) complete investigations.
Race & Ethnicity: Race and ethnicity groups follow Census estimates for race alone or in combination in order to provide a broad snapshot of Utah’s growing diversity, including the many multi-racial and multi-ethnic individuals who call Utah home. Groups are not mutually exclusive and will not sum to total.