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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 22 COVID-19 deaths and 131 new cases on Friday.
It is the last time previous deaths will be included in the report, as 17 of the 22 occurred over a month ago. In all, there were 90 additional COVID-19 deaths added to Utah's count this week, after state epidemiologists with the Utah Department of Health combed through additional recent death certificates. The recent drop in case numbers provided time needed for the extra research.
The rolling, seven-day average for new positive tests is now 127 per day. This has increased slightly from 124, which was the average reported on Thursday, but is down significantly from a pandemic-high of 10,967 on Jan. 19. The seven-day average for positive tests is currently 4.6%.
The health department reported another 2,430 people who were tested and 1,964 who were vaccinated since the latest report on Thursday.
School children account for 18 of the new cases. Of those cases, eight were children between ages 5 and 10, two were ages 11-13, and eight were ages 14-17.
Currently, 110 people are hospitalized throughout the state with COVID-19, according to the health department.
The 22 deaths reported on Friday, along with the retraction of one previous death, make the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Utah 4,702 since the pandemic began two years ago.
COVID-19 deaths reported Friday include:
- Two Utah County men between the ages of 45 and 64, who were not hospitalized when they died.
- A Davis County man, 25-44, long-term care facility resident.
- A Weber County woman, over 85, long-term care facility resident.
- A Utah County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County woman, over 85, long-term care facility resident.
- A Carbon County man, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Washington County man, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
- A Salt Lake County woman, 25-44, not hospitalized.
- Two Tooele County men, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Davis County man, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
- A Utah County man 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Tooele County woman, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Cache County man, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- A San Juan County man, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Juab County woman, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Weber County man, 45-64, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Carbon County man, 25-44, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Cache County man, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County man, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County man, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
