UTAH, Oct. 7, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Department of Health on Thursday reported nine more COVID-19 deaths and 1,805 new coronavirus cases documented in the past day.
Cases now stand at a cumulative 518,553 since the pandemic began.
In the past day, 418 new cases have been reported in school children: 191 cases in ages 5 through 10, 100 cases in ages 11 through 13, and 127 cases in ages 14 through 17.
Total deaths stand at 2,983, which is nine new deaths since Wednesday. The nine deaths were:
- A female, between 45-64, Iron County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- 3 males, between 65-84, Salt Lake County residents, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, between 65-84, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, older than 85, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 65-84, Wasatch County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 45-64, Sevier County resident, hospitalized at time of death
Vaccines
Vaccines doses administered in Utah number 3,539,053, an increase of 13,347 doses since Wednesday.
Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated Risk Ratio:
“We have made a change to how we calculate risk ratios on the data dashboard,” UDoH officials said Thursday. “We are now reporting age-adjusted risk ratios. This is an important update that more accurately reflects the risk for the overall population. The change will result in higher risk ratios for the unvaccinated for being hospitalized and dying. This is because the prior method, that did not age-adjust, biased the data toward older adults who are more likely to be both vaccinated and hospitalized or die from COVID-19 than younger people. By age-adjusting we are better reflecting the true risk for all Utahns.”
In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 16.1 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 12.2 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 6.9 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
Since Feb. 1, 2021, people who are unvaccinated are at 9.8 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 7.8 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 4.1 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
Lab tests have been administered to 3,516,584 people, an increase of 10,947 people since Wednesday.
Tests administered stand at 6,329,509, an increase of 20,347 tests since yesterday.
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 1,436 per day.
The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 15.4%. The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 10.2%.
There are 567 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 22,594.
The chart below shows COVID-19 numbers broken down by area of the state.
