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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 11 additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday, along with 261 new cases.
The rolling seven-day average for new positive tests is now 337 per day, which is 30 less than Thursday's report and still on a downward trend, the Utah Department of Health reports. The seven-day average for positive tests is currently 11.9%.
Utah's statewide epidemic curve is continuing the decline that began on Jan. 21. Each of the Utah counties also have a declining epidemic curve, according to the health department.
Another 3,258 people were tested for active coronavirus and another 2,477 were vaccinated since Thursday's report. In all, there have been close to 5 million vaccines administered throughout Utah since doses became available in December 2020. The health department reports that 1,986,555 people in Utah are considered fully vaccinated and 874,243 have received booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.
On Friday, there were 287 people with COVID-19 hospitalized throughout the state, with 66 of those patients in intensive care units, according to the health department.
School children account for 35 of Friday's reported cases. Of those cases, 17 were children between ages 5 and 10, 7 were ages 11-13, and 11 were age 14-17. No schools in the state have more than eight active COVID-19 cases, state data show, and only 10 Utah schools have five or more cases.
Over the last 28 days, Utahns who are not vaccinated have had a 1.9 times greater risk of testing positive, a 2.4 times greater risk of hospitalization, and a 5.1 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, according to health officials. Compared to Utahns who have received vaccinations and a booster shot, anyone who is not vaccinated has an estimated 2.1 times greater risk of testing positive, a six times greater risk of hospitalization, and a 16.3 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19.
Utah health officials have reported a total of 924,248 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state since the pandemic began. Of those 905,491 are estimated to be recovered, 13,304 are estimated to be ongoing and 4,453, or about 0.48%, resulted in death.
Throughout the pandemic, Utah has maintained one of the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates in the nation, according to U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
Of the 11 COVID-19 deaths reported on Friday, one occurred over a month ago, the health department said.
The latest deaths include:
- A Cache County woman, 65-84, who was not hospitalized when she died.
- A Davis County man, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Davis County woman, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County woman, 45-64, hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County woman, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County woman, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
- A Salt Lake County man, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Uintah County man, over 85, not hospitalized.
- A Utah County man, 45-64, long-term care facility resident.
- A Washington County man, over 85, hospitalized.
- A Weber County man, over 85, not hospitalized.
