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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 1,488 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths on Wednesday.
The new cases were confirmed out of 8,890 people tested since Tuesday's report, with a positive rate of 16.7%, according to the Utah Department of Health. The seven-day average of confirmed cases reached 1,004, marking the first time Utah's average daily case count has surpassed 1,000 since last winter. The average positive rate of those tested is 13.6%.
More than 11,000 vaccines were administered since the previous day, bringing the state's total vaccination does count to 3,157,148.
The state health department noted that in the last 28 days, unvaccinated residents have been at 5.4 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19; 6.3 times greater risk of being hospitalized; and 4.9 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
Data shows that breakthrough cases have been confirmed in 7,548 people who have been fully vaccinated, 450 of whom required hospitalization and 32 who died. The death rate of fully vaccinated coronavirus patients stands at 0.00214%.
In Utah's hospitals, 398 people are receiving treatment for the disease, 155 of whom are in intensive care units. ICUs across the state are 84.5% full, and nonintensive units are 60.3% full.
The deaths reported Wednesday bring the state's toll to 2,549 total deaths. The latest fatalities:
- A Davis County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized when he died
- Davis County man, 25-44, hospitalized
- Weber County woman, 65-84, hospitalized
- Salt Lake County woman, 65-84, hospitalized
- Box Elder County man, 65-84, hospitalized
- Box Elder County woman, older than 85, not hospitalized
- Salt Lake County man, 45-64, hospitalized
- Salt Lake County woman, 65-84, long-term care facility resident
- Iron County woman, older than 85, hospitalized
- Salt Lake County man, 45-64, hospitalized
- Salt Lake County man, 65-84, hospitalized
- Emery County man, 65-84, unknown if hospitalized
There was a slight delay in the Utah Department of Health's reporting, which usually occurs about 1 p.m. or shortly before.
