SALT LAKE CITY – While almost another 20,000 Utahns received doses of the COVID-19 vaccine the day before, an error in the registration process at Vaccinate.Utah.Gov is causing a hiccup in the process.
According to the Utah Department of Health, the online site has allowed approximately 7,200 people in Utah who do not meet eligibility requirements to schedule vaccination appointments in the coming weeks.
The health department said on Saturday that these consultations would be canceled within the next 24 hours, although several hundred people canceled their consultations after learning about the error on social media. The health department apologized for the confusion and said that anyone who thinks that canceling the appointment is an error should contact the local health department where they made the appointment or try to schedule it again.
“We appreciate the enthusiasm that Utah residents have shown for the COVID-19 vaccine and strongly encourage all Utahns to get vaccinated as soon as they become eligible,” said department spokesman Tom Hudachko on Saturday.
Utahns currently eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine include anyone aged 65 and over and anyone aged 16 and over who has a qualifying medical condition that puts them at greater risk for serious illness.
The health department also reported an increase of 686 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, maintaining the downward trend in new cases.
A total of 702,293 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the State of Colmeia, which covers less than 20% of the population when the two required doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are considered. Utah has yet to deliver a dose from other manufacturers, but that should change soon.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was approved for emergency use authorization by the federal Food and Drug Administration on Saturday. The company said “we are ready to implement it”. It is the first single-dose vaccine COVID-19 to become available and is expected to greatly accelerate vaccine delivery, particularly in the most rural areas of the United States.
Governor Spencer Cox told reporters at his weekly coronavirus briefing on Thursday that the federal government approved more than 20,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the state.
With now 370,770 COVID-19 infections confirmed since the start of the pandemic and a supposed percentage of asymptomatic cases, about 40% of Utahns are believed to be at least partially immune to the disease caused by the new coronavirus, health officials said at the time. Friday.
The state tested 2.2 million people for the virus, including an increase from 6,752 reported since Friday. Several people need multiple tests, which means that in Utah, nearly 4 million tests have been done since the pandemic began.
The average number of seven consecutive days of positive tests reported each day is now 681. An average of 12.2% of people are showing up with positive test results, reports the health department. The average when considering several tests for some, the positivity rate is 5.5%.
Saturday’s health department report includes 22 new deaths caused by COVID-19, including 12 men and 10 women. Nineteen occurred before February 6. Utah has reported 1,929 deaths from the disease since the first time last April.
There are 223 people being treated with COVID-19 in hospitals across the state, 89 in intensive care units. There are 19 hospitalizations less than the numbers released a week ago show, and dozens less than the record for hospitalizations reported at the end of 2020.
In all, 14,664 people in Utah have been hospitalized with COVID-19 since last March.
COVID-19 deaths reported on Saturday include:
- Four women from Salt Lake County, aged 65 to 84, residing in long-term care facilities.
- An Emery County man aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized at the time of his death.
- A Davis County man between 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized.
- A man from Salt Lake County between 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized.
- A man from Weber County between 45 and 64 who was a resident of a long-term care institution.
- A man from Beaver County over 85 who was not hospitalized.
- A Washington County man between 65 and 84 who was hospitalized.
- A man from Salt Lake County between 65 and 84 who was hospitalized.
- A Washington County man between 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care institution.
- A man from Beaver County between 65 and 84 who was hospitalized.
- A Utah county man, over 85, residing in a long-term care facility.
- A Washington County man over 85 who was not hospitalized.
- A man from Weber County between 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized.
- A Utah county woman between 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility.
- A woman from Cache County between 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care institution.
- A Washington County woman over 85 who was a resident of a long-term care facility.
- A Utah county woman aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized.
- A woman from Salt Lake County between 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized.
- An 85-year-old woman from Emery County who was not hospitalized.