COVID vaccinations remain above 20,000

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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kirsten Weber, gives a COVID-19 vaccine to a Utah County resident at a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork on Wednesday, January 27, 2021.

| February 6, 2021 at 8:23 pm

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More than 20,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered again in Utah on Friday, according to the Department of Health – which also reported 5 more deaths linked to the coronavirus.

Vaccinations reported the day before / total vaccinations • 21.204 / 404.085.

Number of Utahn who received two doses • 99,160.

Cases reported the day before • 1.211.

Deaths reported the day before • 5.

The deaths reported on Friday are: Three women died – one over 85 in Salt Lake County; one over 85 in Millard County and one between 45 and 64 in Tooele County. Two men also died, both aged 45 to 64 – one in Weber County and one in Uintah County.

Hospitalizations reported the day before • 335. This is a decrease of 14 from Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 123 are in intensive care units – six more than Friday.

Tests reported the day before • 8.264.

Percentage of positive tests • 14.04%. This is slightly below the seven-day average of 16.2%.

Totals to date • 353,700 cases; 1,733 deaths; 13,828 hospitalizations; 2,070,190 people tested.

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