UTAH, Jan. 13, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Department of Health on Wednesday reported 27 COVID-19 deaths and 2,899 more cases documented in the past 24 hours.
A data note from UDoH also says: “Today’s report includes 2,289 backfilled cases that were identified as early as June 2020, but have not been included in the case counts due to incomplete or unverified address information for the person who tested positive. Until now, UDoH has counted cases with a positive lab result and a verifiable Utah address.
“Beginning today, cases with incomplete or unverified address information will be counted as Utah cases, unless or until the case can be verified as not being a Utah resident.
“Despite not having complete address information, public health conducted case investigations for all 2,289 cases who were able to be reached.”
That brings total known COVID-19 cases to 314,817, which includes the cases in the past 24 hours and the backfilled cases since June.
Cumulative deaths now stand at 1,449.
The UDoH statement says of the 27 newly documented deaths, nine occurred prior to Dec. 23, and were confirmed to be COVID-19-cased in the past 24 hours. The Office of the Medical Examiner conducts thorough investigations of all potential COVID-related deaths; these investigations can take several weeks to complete, the statement said.
The 27 Utahns, 12 women and 15 men, were:
- A male, older than 85, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 45-64, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 65-84, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- 2 males, between 65-84, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, older than 85, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, older than 85, Davis County resident, not hospitalized
- A male, between 65-84, Carbon County resident, not hospitalized
- A male, older than 85, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 65-84, Utah County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A male, between 65-84, Uintah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 65-84, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A male, between 45-64, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 45-64, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, between 65-84, Iron County resident, not hospitalized
- A female, between 65-84, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, older than 85, Utah County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A female, between 65-84, Tooele County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, between 45-64, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, between 65-84, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, between 65-84, Uintah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, between 65-84, Tooele County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A female, older than 85, Juab County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A female, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A female, older than 85, Washington County resident, not hospitalized
- A female, between 25-44, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
Vaccines administered are reported to total 124,884, an increase of 14,354 since yesterday.
Total tests administered in Utah total 1,855,385, an increase of 12,272 since yesterday.
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 2,840 per day. The rolling seven-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests is 27.8%.
There are 566 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 12,160.
The chart below shows the Utah numbers broken down by area of the state.
