SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 651 on Friday, with another 17 deaths reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Eight of those deaths occurred before February 5, but were still being investigated by state coroners, according to the health department.
The health department now estimates that there are 17,979 active cases of the disease in Utah. Another 22,092 doses of vaccine were administered until Friday, according to the health department.
The average number of positive cases per day for seven days is now 694, according to the health department. The rate of positive test per day for that period of time reported with the “people over people” method is now 12.3%. The positive test rate per day, averaged over seven days, calculated using the “test on test” method is now 5.6%.
There are now 231 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 94 in intensive care, state data show. About 73% of intensive care unit beds in Utah are occupied on Friday, including about 77% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 53% of non-ICU hospital beds in Utah are occupied on Friday.
682,536 vaccines have already been administered in the state, compared to 660,444 Thursday. Of these, 239,877 are second doses of the vaccine, data from the health department show.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.2% in positive cases since Thursday. Of the 2,194,674 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.9% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests performed increased to 3,781,119 on Friday, 15,599 on Thursday. Of these, 5,498 were tests from people who had not taken the previous test 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 hospitalized when he died
- A man from Salt Lake County who was between 45 and 64 years old and lived in a long-term care facility
- A man from Salt Lake County who was 65 to 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care institution
- A man from Salt Lake County who was over 85 and was not hospitalized when he died
- A man from Salt Lake County who was over 85 years old and a resident of a long-term institution
- A man from Salt Lake County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A man from Tooele County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man who was over 85 and was not hospitalized when he died
- A man from Washington County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was a resident of a long-term institution
- A man from Weber County who was over 85 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- Two women from Salt Lake County between the ages of 65 and 84 and living in long-term care facilities
- Two women from Salt Lake County over 85 years old and living in long-term care facilities
- A woman from Uintah County who was over 85 years old and a resident of a long-term institution
- A woman from Utah County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not hospitalized when she died
- A woman from Weber County who was over 85 and was not hospitalized when she died
Friday’s total gives Utah 370,084 confirmed cases, with 14,628 hospitalizations and 1,907 deaths from the disease. It is estimated that a total of 350,198 Utah COVID-19 cases have been recovered, state data show.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox provided an update on the pandemic at a news conference on Thursday.
