(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah County residents line up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at an old Shopko store in Spanish Fork, Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
More than 20,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in Utah on Thursday, according to the Department of Health – which also reported another 17 coronavirus-related deaths.
Twelve of these deaths occurred before January 15 and have only recently been confirmed to be related to COVID-19.
Vaccination doses reported the previous day / total vaccine doses administered • 20,180 / 382,881.
Number of Utahns who received two doses • 89,948.
Cases reported the previous day • 1.216.
Deaths reported the day before • 17
Salt Lake County reported six deaths: a woman aged 45 to 64, two women and a man aged 65 to 84, and two women aged 85 and over.
There were three deaths in Utah County – a woman aged 65 to 84 and two women aged 85 and over.
Two Davis County residents died, a woman and a man aged 85 or older. And two men from Morgan County died – one 45 to 64 years old and another 85 and older.
Four counties reported one death each – a Box Elder county man aged 65 to 84, a Cache 85 county man or older, a Washington County man aged 65 to 84 and a Weber County woman 85 or more.
Hospitalizations reported the previous day • 349. That’s 16 from Thursday. Of those currently hospitalized, 117 are in intensive care units – eight fewer than on Thursday.
Tests reported the day before • 7,696.
Percentage of positive tests • 15.8%. This is almost the same as the 16.3% seven-day average.
Totals to date • 352,489 cases; 1,728 deaths; 13,755 hospitalizations; 2,061,926 people tested.