UTAH, Nov. 19, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Department of Health on Friday reported 17 newly confirmed deaths and 1,764 new cases of coronavirus since Thursday.
Total know cases now stand at 582,929. Of the new cases since yesterday, 482 were in school children: 244 in children age 5 through 10, 86 in ages 11 through 13, and 98 in children ages 14 through 17.
Confirmed Utah deaths now stand at 3,428 total. Of the 17 newly confirmed deaths, six occurred prior to Nov. 1. The 17 deaths, 15 involving hospitalized patients, were of:
- A Cache County man between 65 and 84, hospitalized
- An Emery County woman between 65 and 84, hospitalized
- A Morgan County man between 65 and 84, hospitalized
- Two Salt Lake County women between 45 and 64, hospitalized
- Two Salt Lake County men between 45 and 64, hospitalized
- A Salt Lake County woman between 65 and 84, hospitalized
- A Salt Lake County woman, older than 85, a long-term care facility resident
- A Tooele County man between 45 and 64, hospitalized
- Two Utah County men between 45 and 64, hospitalized
- Four Utah County men between 65 and 84, hospitalized
- A Weber County man between 45 and 64, not hospitalized
Vaccines
In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 16.3 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 9.7 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 4.3 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
Trends
Since Feb. 1, 2021, people who are unvaccinated are at 7.9 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 6.6 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 3.2 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
UDoH reports 3,884,530 people tested. This is an increase of 9,034 people tested since Thursday. It reports 7,070,837 total tests, an increase of 18,383 tests since yesterday.
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 1,632 per day.
The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 16.6%. The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 10.7%.
There are 533 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 25,366.
The chart below shows COVID-19 numbers broken down by area of the state.
