SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health on Saturday reported 686 more test-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, as well as 22 more deaths from the disease and 19,757 additional vaccine doses administered.
Nineteen of the deaths occurred before Feb. 6, officials said, but are still under investigation. In total, that brings Utah to 370,770 total confirmed cases, 1,929 deaths and 702,293 doses of vaccine since the pandemic started almost a year ago.
Of the vaccines administered so far, 249,398 are second doses.
There are currently 223 Utahns hospitalized for COVID-19, including 89 in intensive care. Saturday’s new case numbers come as 17,724 more test results were reported. A total of 3,798,843 tests have now been conducted statewide on approximately 2,201,426 different people.
In the past week, the state has an average of 681 cases per day and a positive test rate of 5.5%.
Among the deaths reported Saturday were 12 men:
- A Beaver County resident over 85 who was hospitalized when he died
- A resident of Beaver County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized
- A resident of Davis County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized when he died
- A resident of Emery County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized
- A resident of Salt Lake County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized
- A resident of Salt Lake County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized
- A Utah County resident over 85 living in a long-term care facility
- A resident of Washington County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized
- A resident of Washington County between the ages of 65 and 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
- A Washington County resident over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized
- A resident of Weber County between the ages of 45 and 64 who lived in a long-term care facility
- A resident of Weber County between the ages of 45 and 64 who was not hospitalized
It also included 10 women:
- A resident of Cache County between the ages of 65 and 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
- An Emery County resident over 85 who was not hospitalized when she died
- Four Salt Lake County residents between the ages of 65 and 84 who lived in long-term care facilities
- A resident of Salt Lake County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized
- A resident of Utah County between the ages of 65 and 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
- A resident of Utah County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized when she died
- A Washington County resident over the age of 85 living in a long-term care facility
Health department data shows that there are currently 17 long-term care facilities in Utah with active outbreaks among their residents.
No press conference on the coronavirus from state leaders is scheduled this weekend. Governor Spencer Cox announced on Thursday that Utahns ages 16 and older, with certain comorbidities, are immediately eligible for the coronavirus vaccine. The full list of co-morbidities that make a person eligible for the vaccine is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/vaccine-distribution/#eligibility.
Utah is currently administering Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which require two doses, while Cox expects Johnson & Johnson’s one-time vaccine to arrive in Utah next week also.