SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health is reporting 686 more confirmed COVID-19 test cases in the state on Saturday, as well as 22 more deaths from the disease and 19,757 additional doses of vaccine administered.
Nineteen of the deaths occurred before February 6, officials said, but were still under investigation. Overall, this leads Utah to 370,770 confirmed cases, 1,929 deaths and 702,293 doses of vaccine administered since the pandemic arrived almost a year ago.
Of those vaccines administered, 249,398 have been secondary doses so far.
Currently, there are 223 Utahns hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 89 in intensive care. Saturday’s new case numbers arrive with another 17,724 reported test results. A total of 3,798,843 tests have already been carried out across the state on about 2,201,426 different people.
Last week, the state recorded an average of 681 cases per day and a positive test rate of 5.5%.
Deaths reported on Saturday included 12 men:
- A Beaver County resident over 85 who was hospitalized when he died
- Beaver County resident aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized
- A Davis County resident aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized when he died
- Emery County resident aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized
- Salt Lake County resident aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized
- Salt Lake County resident aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized
- Utah county resident over 85 who lived in a long-term care facility
- Washington County resident aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized
- Washington County resident between 65 and 84 years old who lived in a long-term care institution
- A Washington County resident over 85 who was not hospitalized
- Weber County resident aged 45 to 64 who lived in a long-term care facility
- Weber County resident between 45 and 64 who has not been hospitalized
It also included 10 women:
- Cache County resident aged 65 to 84 who lived in a long-term care institution
- An Emery County resident over 85 who was not hospitalized when she died
- Four Salt Lake County residents aged 65 to 84 who lived in long-term care facilities
- Salt Lake County resident aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized
- Utah county resident between 65 and 84 years old who lived in a long-term care institution
- Utah county resident aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized when she died
- Washington County resident over 85 who lived in a long-term care facility
Health department data shows that there are currently 17 long-term care institutions in Utah with active outbreaks among their residents.
There is no press conference on coronavirus by state leaders scheduled for the weekend. On Thursday, Governor Spencer Cox announced that Utahns aged 16 or older, with certain comorbidities, are immediately eligible for the coronavirus vaccine. The full list of comorbidities that make a person eligible for the vaccine is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/vaccine-distribution/#eligibility.
Utah is currently administering Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which require two doses, while Cox expects Johnson & Johnson’s unique vaccine to arrive in Utah next week also.