SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's COVID-19 death toll topped 800 Tuesday.
The state still has extremely high COVID-19 numbers, but a slight downward trend continued Tuesday as the Dept. of Health announced 2,701 new cases.
Eleven additional deaths reported Tuesday bring the total to 808.
There is concern another surge could be triggered as families gather for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. On Monday, Governor Gary Herbert dialed back restrictions on gatherings that had been limited to those living in the same home.
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The cases reported Tuesday bring the seven-day average of new cases per day to 3,284 and the percent of positive results per laboratory tests is 23.
There are currently 552 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Utah.
The deaths reported Tuesday include:
- Male, older than 85, Morgan County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Utah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, older than 85, Duchesne County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Female, between 65-84, Davis County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 45-64, Wasatch County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Davis County resident, unknown whether hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 45-64, Davis County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 45-64, Box Elder County resident, hospitalized at time of death