The state also reported a dozen other deaths on Tuesday – most before February 1 – and 560 new cases
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Irene Stukshis administers 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 marked the fifth consecutive day that the Utah Department of Health reported fewer than 600 new cases of COVID-19.
But the state also added 13 more coronavirus deaths to its list – including a boy, aged 1 to 14, from Salt Lake County.
UDOH did not release further information about the boy, citing medical privacy laws. His death, however, “is a tragic reminder that we must remain vigilant about public health precautions,” the department said in its daily report.
States report COVID-19 statistics using different age groups, but the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that 253 children died of the disease nationwide by March 4.
Nine of the other 12 deaths reported in Utah on Tuesday occurred before February 1 and have only recently been confirmed to be related to the coronavirus.
Vaccine doses administered the previous day / total doses administered • 20,737 / 878,487.
Fully vaccinated Utahns • 319,127.
Cases reported the previous day • 560.
Deaths reported the day before • 13
In addition to the boy who died, Salt Lake County reported five other deaths: three men aged 65 to 84 and two women aged 85 and over.
There were two deaths in Utah County, both 65 to 84 years old.
Washington County also reported two deaths: a man aged 65 to 84 and a man over 85.
And two residents of Weber County died: a woman aged 45 to 64 and a man aged 65 to 84.
There was a death in Juab County, a woman aged 45 to 64 years.
Hospitalizations reported the previous day • 187. That’s six below Starting on Monday. Of those currently hospitalized, 73 are in intensive care units – unchanged since Tuesday.
Tests reported the day before • 6,185 people were tested for the first time. A total of 16,450 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • In the original state method, the rate is 9.1%. This is slightly higher than the 8.8% seven-day average.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. Tuesday’s rate is now 3.4%, lower than the 4.24% 7-day average.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 375,669 cases; 1,990 deaths; 14,956 hospitalizations; 2,257,389 people tested.