SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s COVID-19 cases increased by 651 on Friday, with 17 more reported deaths, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Eight of the deaths occurred before February 5, but according to the health department, they were still being investigated by state medical investigators.
The Department of Health now estimates that there are 17,979 active cases of the disease in Utah. According to the health department, another 22,092 doses of vaccines were administered as of Friday.
According to the health department, the average number of positive cases of seven days per day is now 694. The positive test rate per day for the period reported using the “people over people” method is now 12.3%. The positive test rate per day of seven days, calculated using the ‘test over test’ method, is now 5.6%.
There are currently 231 COVID-19 patients admitted to Utah, including 94 in intensive care, state data show. About 73% of the intensive care units in Utah were filled as of Friday, including about 77% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 53% of the non-ICU hospital beds in Utah were occupied Friday.
A total of 682,536 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 6,604,444 on Thursday. Of these, 239,877 are second doses of the vaccine, according to the Department of Health.
The new numbers point to a 0.2% increase in positive cases since Thursday. Of the 2,194,674 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 16.9% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests performed increased to 3,781,119 on Friday, compared to 15,599 on Thursday. Of these, 5,498 were tests of people not previously tested for COVID-19.
The 17 deaths reported on Friday were:
- An Iron County man who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not admitted to the hospital when he died
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 45 and 64 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County man over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized when he died
- A Salt Lake County man over the age of 85 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 45 and 64 years old and was admitted to the hospital when he died
- A man from Tooele County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not admitted to hospital when he died
- A Utah County man over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized when he died
- A Washington County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Weber County man over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized when he died
- Two women in Salt Lake County who were between 65 and 84 and residents of long-term care facilities
- Two women in Salt Lake County who were over 85 and residents of long-term care facilities
- A woman from Uintah County who was over 85 and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Utah County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not admitted to the hospital when she died
- A Weber County woman over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized when she died
Friday’s total gives Utah 370,084 total confirmed cases, with 14,628 total hospitalizations and 1,907 total deaths due to the disease. It is estimated that a total of 350 198 Utah COVID-19 cases would be repaired, state data show.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox provided a pandemic update at a news conference Thursday.
