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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 21 COVID-19 deaths in its Friday report, along with 244 new cases.
The rolling seven-day average for new positive tests is now 194 per day, just under the 197 reported on Thursday. The seven-day average for positive tests is currently 7.4%, continuing a decline.
Most of Utah is in a low-risk COVID-19 level, as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reported every Thursday. Counties that are still in a medium community COVID-19 risk level include Salt Lake, Tooele, Summit, Cache, Wasatch, Duchesne and Uintah. The CDC recommends that in communities with a medium COVID-19 risk, individuals who are considered high risk for severe illness should wear masks when in public.
The health department reported another 3,208 people who were tested and 2,252 who were vaccinated.
Currently, 212 people are hospitalized in the state with COVID-19, with 48 of those patients in intensive care units, according to the health department. Total hospitalizations remain under the "utilization warning" and hospitals have a comfortable number of beds available.
At this point, 1.2% of emergency room visits are due to COVID-19, down from just under 19% at the peak of the omicron variant's impact on the state.
Of the 21 deaths reported on Friday, nine occurred prior to Feb. 11, 2021. Although the number of deaths being reported remains high, the average number of daily COVID-19 deaths has remained under six each day since Feb. 19.
The recently reported deaths include:
- A Box Elder County woman, over 85, not hospitalized.
- A Box Elder County man, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Cache County man, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Davis County woman, 45-64, not hospitalized.
- A Davis County woman, 65-84, resident of a long-term care facility.
- A Davis County man, over 85, not hospitalized.
- A Davis County woman, over 85, resident of a long-term care facility.
- A Salt Lake County woman, 45-64, not hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- Two Salt Lake County women, 65-84, neither hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County man, over 85, resident of a long-term care facility.
- A Sevier County woman, 65-84, resident of a long-term care facility.
- A Utah County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Utah County man, over 85, hospitalized.
- A Utah County woman, over 85, resident of a long-term care facility.
- A Utah County woman, over 85, hospitalized.
- A Wasatch County woman, over 85, resident of a long-term care facility.
- A Washington County man, 45-64, not hospitalized.
- A Washington County woman, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Wayne County man, over 85, not hospitalized.
