21 Additional Utahns Have Died From COVID; Fewer Than 900 New Cases Reported

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah Department of Health reported 21 additional Utahns have lost their lives to COVID-19, and 857 have tested positive.

The state administered 16,443 more vaccines.

There are currently 255 people hospitalized with the virus.

This article is being updated. For more information, visit coronavirus.utah.gov.

Testing

UDOH reports 2,151,244 Utahns have been tested so far, which is an increase of 6,535 people tested since yesterday.

Of those, a total of 365,256 people have tested positive for COVID-19. That’s an increase of 857 new cases since Thursday’s report.

The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 803 per day.

The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 13.6%, and the rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 6.21%.

Hospitalizations

There are 255 people hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 103 of those people are in intensive care units. Another 21 people are hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19.

Utah’s ICUs are 76.5% full, and the ICU beds in referral centers are 81.1% 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

State health officials reported 21 more Utahns have died as a direct result of COVID-19. Nineteen of those people died before Feb. 1.

To date, 1,834 of the state’s residents have been killed by the pandemic.

The following individuals’ deaths were reported Friday:

1. Female, between 65-84, Utah County resident, long-term care facility resident
2. Male, older than 85, Iron County resident, long-term care facility resident
3. Male, between 65-84, Cache County resident, long-term care facility resident
4. Male, between 65-84, Weber County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
5. Female, older than 85, Davis County resident, long-term care facility resident
6. Male, older than 85, Davis County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
7. Female, older than 85, Utah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
8. Male, between 65-84, Davis County resident, long-term care facility resident
9. Male, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
10. Male, between 65-84, Washington County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
11. Male, older than 85, Utah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
12. Male, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
13. Female, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident
14. Male, between 65-84, Weber County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
15. Female, between 65-84, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
16. Female, between 65-84, Utah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
17. Female, older than 85, Box Elder County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
18. Female, older than 85, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
19. Male, between 65-84, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
20. Female, older than 85, Tooele County resident, long-term care facility resident
21. Female, between 65-84, Utah County resident, long-term care facility resident

Vaccinations

Utah administered an additional 16,443 vaccines since Thursday’s report, bringing the total number of doses administered to 580,051.

A total of 391,066 Utahns have received the first dose, and 188,985 people have been fully immunized with both doses.

There have been 657,240 vaccines delivered to the state.

For more information, visit coronavirus.utah.gov.