State Administers Nearly 27K Vaccines In 1 Day; 1,060 Test Positive For Virus
Feb 12, 2021, 12:59 PM | Updated: 1:32 pm
FILE: A member of the Utah National Guard prepares paperwork for COVID-19 swab tests at the Utah County Health Department (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah health officials reported 11 more people have died from COVID-19, and 1,060 additional residents have tested positive.
The state administered nearly 27,000 doses of the vaccine since yesterday’s report.
There are currently 312 people hospitalized with the virus.
This article is being updated. For more information, visit coronavirus.utah.gov.
Testing
The Utah Department of Health reports 2,110,759 residents have been tested so far, which is an increase of 7,143 people tested since yesterday.
Of those, a total of 359,641 have tested positive for COVID-19. That’s an increase of 1,060 new cases from Thursday’s report.
The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 1,025 per day.
The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 14.7%, and the rolling 7-day average for percent of positivity of “tests over tests” is 6.6%.
Click here to read more about these two measures of percent positivity.
Hospitalizations
Currently, 312 people are hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 118 of those people are in intensive care units. Another 33 people are hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19.
While COVID-19 hospitalizations are down, ICU capacity is up.
Utah’s intensive care units are 84% full. The ICU beds in the state’s referral centers are 86.6% 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.
Utah Department of Health
Deaths
Eleven more Utahns have lost their lives as a direct result of COVID-19. UDOH reports six of those people died prior to Jan. 15.
To date, 1,785 of the state’s residents have been killed by the virus.
The following individuals’ deaths were reported Friday:
- Female, older than 85, Cache County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Male, between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Davis County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, older than 85, Tooele County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Male, older than 85, Cache County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 25-44, Box Elder County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Weber County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Male, older than 85, Wasatch County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Male, between 65-84, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Iron County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Tooele County resident, hospitalized at time of death
Utah Department of Health
Vaccinations
Utah administered 26,996 since Thursday’s report, bringing the state’s total number of vaccinations to 489,716.
To date, 349,423 Utahns have received the first dose of the vaccine, and 140,293 have been fully immunized with both doses.
There have been more than 600,000 vaccines shipped to Utah.
Utah Department of Health
For more information, visit coronavirus.utah.gov.
