2.6K Utahns Test Positive For COVID-19, Nine More Have Died
Jan 9, 2021, 12:57 PM | Updated: 1:07 pm
(KSL TV)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah Department of Health on Saturday announced 2,613 people have tested positive for COVID-19, and nine more Utahns have died as a result of the virus.
Testing
UDOH reported a total of 1,816,329 Utahns have been tested so far, which is an increase of 13,104 people tested from Friday.
Of those, a total of 303,723 have tested positive for COVID-19. That’s an increase of 2,613 cases from Thursday’s report.
The rolling 7-day average for positive tests was 3,147 per day, and the rolling 7-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests was 32.6%.
Hospitalizations
Currently, 535 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, and 196 of those people are in intensive care units. Another 67 people are hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19.
Utah’s ICU beds are now 90.5% full, which is above the state’s threshold of 85% for quality ICU care.
The ICU beds in the state’s referral centers are 92.8% full.
Referral Centers are the 16 hospitals in Utah with the capability to provide the best care for patients with COVID-19. Because most patients are transferred to these facilities, their utilization is the best reflection of the true hospital capacity in Utah when looking at ICU beds.
Deaths
Authorities announced nine more Utahns have lost their lives as a direct result of COVID-19.
To date, 1,390 of the state’s residents have been killed by the virus.
The following individuals’ deaths were reported Saturday:
- Male, between 65-84, Davis County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, older than 85, Uintah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
Vaccinations
There have been 161,825 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine shipped to Utah. So far, 99,612 people have received the first dose of the vaccine, and 2,113 have received both doses.
That represented a jump of more than 10,000 vaccines administered since Friday.
For more information, visit coronavirus.utah.gov.