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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Health announced 183 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, as well as three additional deaths.
The rolling, seven-day average for new cases is now 162 per day. The new cases were confirmed out of 2,210 people tested since the previous day's report. Children accounted for 25 of the cases.
Hospitalizations continued to fall as 172 people were hospitalized with the disease Wednesday, a decrease of 15 since Tuesday.
Health care workers administered an additional 2,060 vaccine doses. Now 4,981,152 doses have been administered in Utah.
In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at five times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 2.1 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, compared to people who have received booster shots, unvaccinated residents are at 19.3 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 5.3 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19, according to the state health department.
Two of the deaths reported Wednesday occurred prior to Feb. 16, health officials said. The latest deaths include:
- A Sanpete County woman, between the ages of 45 and 64, who was not hospitalized when she died.
- A Salt Lake County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Utah County man, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
