Department of Health: 686 new cases of coronavirus in Utah on Saturday

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health reported an additional 686 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Saturday, as well as 22 additional deaths from the disease and 19,757 additional doses of vaccine administered.

Nineteen of the deaths occurred before February 6, officials said, but were still under investigation. Overall, that brings Utah to a total of 370,770 confirmed cases, 1,929 deaths and 702,293 doses of vaccine administered since the onset of the pandemic nearly a year ago.

Of these vaccines administered, 249,398 have so far been secondary doses.

There are currently 223 Utahns declared hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 89 in intensive care. Saturday’s new case numbers arrive as 17,724 more test results have been reported. A total of 3,798,843 tests have now been performed statewide on approximately 2,201,426 different people.

Over the past week, the state is recording an average of 681 cases per day and a positive test rate of 5.5%.

The deaths reported on Saturday included 12 men:

• Beaver County resident over 85 who was hospitalized when he died
• Beaver County resident aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized
• Davis County resident aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized when he died
• Emery County resident aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized
• Salt Lake County resident aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized
• Salt Lake County resident aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized
• Utah County resident over 85 who lived in a long-term care facility
• Washington County resident aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized
• Washington County resident aged 65 to 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
• Washington County resident over 85 who was not hospitalized
• Weber County resident aged 45 to 64 who lived in a long-term care facility
• Weber County resident aged 45 to 64 who was not hospitalized

It also included 10 women:

• A resident of Cache County aged 65 to 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
• Emery County resident over 85 who was not hospitalized when she died
• Four Salt Lake County residents aged 65 to 84 who lived in long-term care facilities
• Salt Lake County resident aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized
• A 65-84-year-old Utah County resident who lived in a long-term care facility
• Utah County resident aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized after her death
• Washington County resident over 85 who lived in a long-term care facility

Data from the Department of Health shows that there are currently 17 long-term care facilities in Utah with active epidemics among their residents.

There is no state leaders coronavirus press conference scheduled for this weekend. On Thursday, Governor Spencer Cox announced that Utahns aged 16 and over, suffering from certain co-morbidities, are immediately eligible for the coronavirus vaccine. The full list of comorbidities that make a person eligible for the vaccine is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/vaccine-distribution/#eligible.

Utah currently administers the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which require two doses, while Cox expects single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to arrive in Utah next week as well as.

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