Utah reports 13 more are dead, including a child

Utah reports 13 more are dead, including a child

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah Department of Health reported that another 13 Utahns died from COVID-19 and 560 tested positive.

One of the people who died was between the ages of 1 – 14, reports UDOH.

Officials said nine of the 13 people killed by the virus had died before February 1.

The state administered more than 20,000 additional vaccines, bringing the total to 878,487.

Currently, 187 people are hospitalized with the virus.

For more information, visit coronavirus.utah.gov.

Test

UDOH reports that so far 2,257,389 Utahns have been tested, which is an increase of 6,185 people who have been tested since yesterday.

Of these, a total of 375,669 tested positive for COVID-19. This is an increase of 560 new positive cases since Monday’s report.

The running average of 7 days for positive tests is 529 per day.

The 7-day moving average for percentage positivity of “people above people” is 8.8%. The running average of 7 days for percentage positivity of ‘tests above tests’ is 4.24%.

Hospitalizations

There are currently 187 people admitted to the hospital with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 73 of the people are in intensive care units. Another 23 patients are hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19.

Utah’s ICUs are 66.2% occupied. The ICU beds in the state referral centers are 67.3% full.

Referral centers are the 16 hospitals in Utah with the ability to provide the best care to patients with COVID-19. Because most patients are transferred to these facilities, their use is the best representation of the actual hospital capacity in Utah when looking at ICU beds.

Deaths

A further 13 Utahns lost their lives due to COVID-19. Nine of the people died before Feb. 1, officials said.

To date, 1,990 of the state’s residents have been killed by the virus.

The deaths of the following persons were reported on Tuesday:

  1. Female, over 85, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care resident
  2. Male, 65-84, resident of Salt Lake County, resident of Long Term Care
  3. Male, aged 65-84, resident of Weber County, resident for long-term care
  4. Female, between 45-64, resident of Weber County, resident of long-term care
  5. Female, over 85, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care resident
  6. Female, aged 45-64, resident of Juab County, was not admitted to hospital at the time of death
  7. Men, aged 65-84, resident of Utah County, were not admitted to hospital at the time of death
  8. Male, aged over 85, Utah County resident, not admitted to hospital at death
  9. Male, aged 65-84, resident of Salt Lake County, not admitted to hospital at death
  10. Male, aged 65-84, resident of Salt Lake County, hospitalized at death
  11. Male, aged 65-84, resident of Washington County, resident for long-term care
  12. Male, over 85 years old, resident of Washington County, resident for long term care
  13. Male, aged 1-14, resident of Salt Lake County, hospitalized at death

Health authorities said there was no additional public information available about the child who died due to medical privacy laws.

“This is a tragic reminder that we need to be vigilant about public health precautions,” UDOH said in a statement.

Vaccinations

The state has administered 20,737 more vaccines since Monday’s data, bringing the total number of shots in the arms to 878,487.

A total of 575,525 people received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 319,127 residents were vaccinated with two doses.

So far, 1,070,975 vaccines have been sent to the state.

For more information, visit coronavirus.utah.gov.

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