The state also reported a dozen other deaths on Tuesday – mostly before February 1 – and 560 new cases
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Irene Stukshis presents the Covid -19 vaccine to Stephan Rich at the Mountain America Expo site in Sandy on Monday, March 8, 2021.
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Tuesday was the fifth consecutive day that the Utah Department of Health reported less than 600 new cases of COVID-19.
But the state also added another 13 coronavirus deaths to its list – including a boy between the ages of 1 and 14, from Salt Lake County.
UDOH did not release more information about the boy, citing medical privacy laws. His death ‘, however, is a tragic reminder that we need to be vigilant about public health precautions’, the department said in its daily report.
States report COVID-19 statistics with different age groups, but the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that as of March 4, 253 children nationwide have died from the disease.
Nine of the other 12 deaths in Utah reported Tuesday occurred before Feb. 1 and were only recently confirmed as coronavirus-related.
Vaccine doses administered in the past day / total doses administered • 20,737 / 878,487.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 319 127.
Cases reported in the past day • 560.
Deaths reported in the past day • 13.
In addition to the boy who died, Salt Lake County reported five more deaths: three men between the ages of 65 and 84 and two women aged 85 or older.
There were two deaths in Utah County, both men 65 to 84.
Washington County also reported two deaths: a man aged 65 to 84 and a man aged 85 plus.
And two Weber County residents were killed: a woman aged 45 to 64 and a man aged 65 to 84.
There is one death in Juab County, a woman aged 45 to 64.
Hospitalizations reported in the past day • 187. It’s six off from Monday. Of those currently admitted to the hospital, 73 are in intensive care units – unchanged from Tuesday.
Tests reported in the past day • 6 185 people were tested for the first time. A total of 16,450 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the state’s original method, the rate is 9.1%. This is slightly higher than the seven-day average of 8.8%.
The new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Tuesday’s rate is now at 3.4%, lower than the seven-day average of 4.24%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Total to date • 375 669 sake; 1,990 deaths; 14,956 hospitalizations; 2 257 389 people were tested.