SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s number of COVID-19 cases increased by 1,216 on Friday, with another 17 deaths, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Twelve of the deaths reported Friday occurred before Jan. 15, but are still being investigated by the medical examiner’s office in Utah, the health department said.
The state now estimates that there are 32,727 active cases of the disease in Utah. According to the health department, the current average number of seven-day positive cases per day is now at 1,222. The positive test rate per day for that period is now 16.3%.
There are 349 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 117 in intensive care. About 77% of the beds for guard units in Utah were filled Friday, including about 80% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 60% of the non-ICU hospital beds are filled according to state data.
A total of 382,881 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 362,701 on Thursday. Of these, 89,948 are second doses of the vaccine.
The new numbers point to a 0.3% increase in positive cases since Thursday. Of the 2,061,926 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 17.1% tested positive for the disease. The total number of tests performed increased by 14,075 as of Friday, of which 7,696 were tests for people not previously tested for COVID-19.
The deaths reported on Friday were:
- A Davis County woman over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized when she died
- Two women in Salt Lake County who were over 85 and residents of long-term care facilities
- A Salt Lake County woman who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was not hospitalized when she died
- A Salt Lake County woman who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not admitted to the hospital when she died
- Two Utah County women over the age of 85 who were not hospitalized when they died
- A Utah County woman who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was not hospitalized when she died
- A Weber County woman over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized when she died
- A Box Elder County man who was between 65 and 84 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Cache County man over the age of 85 who was not admitted to hospital when he died
- A Davis County man over the age of 85 who was not admitted to hospital when he died
- A Morgan County man who was between 45 and 64 years old and was admitted to hospital when he died
- A man from Morgan County who was over 85 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 Washington County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was admitted to the hospital when he died
Friday’s total gives Utah 352,489 total confirmed cases, with 13,755 total hospitalizations and 1,728 total deaths due to the disease. An estimated 318,034 cases in Utah COVID-19 are now considered recovery, according to the Department of Health.
The Utah government, Spencer Cox, provided an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at a news conference on Thursday.
Methods:
Test results now contain data from PCR tests and antigen tests. Positive COVID-19 test results are reported to the health department immediately after confirmation, but negative test results may not be reported 24 to 72 hours.
The total number of cases reported each day by the Utah Department of Health includes all cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak of Utah, including those currently infected, those recovering from the disease, and those who have died.
Recovered cases are defined as anyone who was diagnosed with COVID-19 three or more weeks ago and did not die.
Reference hospitals are the 16 Utah hospitals that can provide the best COVID-19 health care.
According to the Department of Health, deaths usually occurred two to seven days before they were reported. Some deaths can come back even further, especially if the person is from Utah but died in another state.
The Department of Health reports both confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths as defined by the case set forth by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. The number of deaths is subject to change as case investigations are completed.
For deaths reported as COVID-19 deaths, the person would not have died if they had not had COVID-19, according to the Department of Health.
Data included in this story primarily reflects the state of Utah as a whole. Visit the website of your local health district for more localized data.
More information on Utah’s health education levels is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/utah-health-guidance-levels.
Information comes from the Utah Department of Health and coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts. For more information on how the Utah Department of Health compiles and reports COVID-19 data, visit coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts and browse to the “Data Notes” section at the bottom of the page.