PROVO, Utah – Utah counted 17 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, a statistic that lags behind other numbers that are dropping in the sate.
Eight of those killed were men and nine were women. The youngest who died were in the 35 to 44 age group, the oldest were over 85 years old. Utah has now lost 1,685 total lives to the coronavirus.
Other data from the Utah Department of Health shows improving data. The state has now given more than 325,000 vaccines in a two-dose formula and the positive test rate, once at 33% has now dropped to 16.6% in the rolling seven-day average.
Another hopeful statistic for the state is that hospitalizations, once a big concern for governmental and health care officials, have fallen below 400. Statistically, hospitalizations were followed with deaths. Both are lagging statistics to infections.
UDOH reported the following:
Positives:
- We will report 348,409 positive cases today. This is an increase of 1,201 new cases since yesterday.
Vaccines:
Please Note: By clicking on the “Vaccines” tab on the case counts web page, you can see a breakdown of people immunized with one dose, people immunized with two doses, and information on patient residence by health district.
- We will report 325,457 total vaccines administered which is 13,672 more than yesterday.
Lab Tests:
- We will report 2,035,662 people tested. This is an increase of 7,499 people tested since yesterday.
Trends:
- The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 1,394 per day. The rolling 7-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests is 16.6%.
Hospitalizations:
- There are 396 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 13,576.
Deaths:
- We will report 1,685 total deaths, this is an increase of 17 deaths since yesterday. Six of the deaths being reported today occurred prior to Jan. 13, 2021
9 Females
- older than 85, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
- older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident
- between 45-64, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
- older than 85, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
- older than 85, Utah County resident, long-term care facility resident
- older than 85, Utah County resident, long-term care facility resident
- between 65-84, Weber County resident, long-term care facility resident
- between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- between 65-84, Davis County resident, hospitalized at time of death
8 Males
- older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, not hospitalized
- between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident
- between 35-44, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- between 35-44, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- older than 85, Cache County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
