Utah Reports 10 More Have Died From COVID, 901 Test Positive For Virus
Feb 17, 2021, 1:04 PM | Updated: 1:21 pm
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah Department of Health on Wednesday reported 10 more Utahns have died from COVID-19 and an additional 901 people have tested positive.
There are currently 263 people hospitalized with the virus.
Utah has administered 18,083 more doses of the vaccine.
Testing
UDOH reports 2,136,588 people have been tested so far, which is an increase of 7,063 tested since yesterday.
Of those, a total of 363,248 Utahns have tested positive for COVID-19. That’s an increase of 901 positive cases over Tuesday’s report.
The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 845 per week.
The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 13.5%, and the rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 6.13%.
Hospitalizations
Currently, 263 people are hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 99 of those people are in intensive care units. Another 27 patients are hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19.
Utah’s ICUs are 72.3% full, and the ICU beds in the state’s referral centers are 76.6% 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
Ten more Utahns have lost their lives because of COVID-19. UDOH noted that six of those people died before Feb. 1.
A person’s death who was reported yesterday has been removed after it was determined the case was not a Utah resident.
The following individuals’ deaths were reported Wednesday:
- Male, between 65-84, Carbon County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, Salt Lake County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, older than 85, Davis County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Male, older than 85, Davis County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Female, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, older than 85, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Female, older than 85, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Male, between 44-65, Salt Lake County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Utah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Cache County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
Utah Department of Health
Vaccinations
Utah administered an additional 18,083 vaccinations, which brings the total number of vaccines administered to 551,068.
A total of 377,143 residents have received the first dose, and 173,925 Utahns have been fully immunized with both doses.
A total of 628,965 vaccines have been delivered to Utah.
Utah Department of Health
For more information, visit coronavirus.utah.gov.
