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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Health reported 353 new COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths since Friday.
The cases were confirmed out of 5,423 people tested for the disease. Health officials said 53 of the cases were children.
Friday brought 162 cases; 125 cases were confirmed on Saturday; 84 were confirmed on Sunday.
On Monday, 197 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Utah — a decrease of 64 since one week earlier on March 7.
Health care workers administered 4,621 vaccines since Friday. Now 74.7% of Utahns ages 5 and older have received the vaccine, and 33.4% of residents ages 12 and older who are eligible for a booster shot have received one.
In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 4.7 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 2.2 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 1.9 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people, health officials said.
Meanwhile, those who are unvaccinated are at 16.8 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 5.7 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2.1 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than boosted people within the last 28 days, according to the health department.
Five of the deaths reported Monday occurred before Feb. 14, health officials said. The latest deaths include:
- A Salt Lake County man, between the ages of 65 and 84, who was a long-term care facility resident when he died
- A Salt Lake County man, 45-64, not hospitalized
- A Weber County woman, 65-84, long-term care facility resident
- A Salt Lake County woman, 45-64, long-term care facility resident
- A Davis County man, 65-84, long-term care facility resident
- A Utah County woman, 65-84, hospitalized
Correction: A previous version incorrectly said five deaths were reported Monday.
