SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah Department of Health has reported that an additional 13 Utahns have died from COVID-19 and 560 tested positive.
One of the people who died was between the ages of 1 and 14, UDOH reported.
Officials said nine of the 13 people killed by the virus died before Feb. 1.
The state has administered more than 20,000 additional vaccines, bringing the total to 878,487.
Currently, 187 people are hospitalized with the virus.
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To test
UDOH reports that a total of 2,257,389 Utahns have been tested so far, which is an increase of 6,185 people tested since yesterday.
Of these, a total of 375,669 tested positive for COVID-19. That’s up from 560 new positive cases since Monday’s report.
The seven-day moving average for positive tests is 529 per day.
The seven-day moving average for the percentage of positivity of ‘people over people’ is 8.8%. The seven-day moving average for the percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 4.24%.
Hospital admissions
There are currently 187 people hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 73 of those people are in intensive care. Another 23 patients are hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19.
Utah ICUs are 66.2% occupied. The IC beds in the state referral centers are 67.3% full.
Referral centers are the 16 hospitals in Utah that can provide the best care for patients with COVID-19. Because most patients are transferred to these facilities, their usage best reflects actual hospital capacity in Utah when looking at IC beds.
Deaths
Another 13 Utahns have died as a direct result of COVID-19. Nine of those people died before Feb. 1, officials said.
To date, 1,990 state residents have been killed by the virus.
The deaths of the following people were reported on Tuesday:
- Female, over age 85, resident of Salt Lake County, resident of a long-term care facility
- Male, 65-84 years old, resident of Salt Lake County, resident of a long-term care facility
- Male, 65-84 years old, resident of Weber County, resident of a long-term care facility
- Female, 45-64 years old, resident of Weber County, resident of a long-term care facility
- Female, over age 85, resident of Salt Lake County, resident of a long-term care facility
- Female, aged 45-64, resident of Juab County, not hospitalized at time of death
- Men, aged 65-84, resident of Utah County, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, over 85, resident of Utah County, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, 65-84 years old, resident of Salt Lake County, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, 65-84 years old, resident of Salt Lake County, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, 65-84 years old, resident of Washington County, resident of a long-term care facility
- Male, over age 85, resident of Washington County, resident of a long-term care facility
- Male, 1-14 years old, resident of Salt Lake County, hospitalized at time of death
Health authorities said no additional public information is available about the child who died as a result of medical privacy laws.
“This is a tragic reminder that we must remain vigilant regarding public health precautions,” UDOH said in a statement.
Vaccinations
The state has administered 20,737 additional vaccines since Monday’s data, bringing the total number of shots to 878,487.
A total of 575,525 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 319,127 residents have been immunized with two doses.
So far, 1,070,975 vaccines have been shipped to the state.
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