UTAH, Jan. 14, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Department of Health on Friday reported eight more COVID-19 deaths and 111,128 new cases documented in the past day.
Total cases here now stand at 750,334. Of the new cases, 2,797 were in school-aged children: 616 cases in children ages 5 to 10, 500 cases in children ages 11 to 13, and 1,681 cases in children ages 14 to 17 since Thursday‘s report.
Documented coronavirus deaths number 3,951. Of the eight new deaths, one occurred prior to Dec. 14, 2021. Those who died were:
- Two Davis County men between 65 and 84, hospitalized
- Two Salt Lake County between 45 and 64, hospitalized
- A Salt Lake County man between 65 and 84, hospitalized
- A Salt Lake County woman, older than 85, hospitalized
- A Washington County man between 25 and 44, hospitalized
- A Weber County man between 25 and 44, not hospitalized
Vaccines
UDoH reports 4,695,762 total vaccines administered, which is 11,201 more than yesterday.
Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated Risk Ratio:
In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 14.6 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 6.5 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2.3 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
Since Feb. 1, 2021, people who are unvaccinated are at 6.8 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 5.1 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 1.8 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
UDoH reports 4,533,835 people tested, which is an increase of 26,278 people tested since Thursday. It reports 8,333,100 total tests. This is an increase of 49,316 tests since Thursday.
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 9,827 per day.
The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 37.2%. The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 25.6%.
There are 672 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 29,029.
The chart below shows COVID numbers broken down by area of the state.
