Utah reports nearly 1,300 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more deaths

Joy Cutler, with the Davis Health Department, prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Legacy Center Indoor Arena in Farmington on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah reported 1,299 new COVID-19 cases and 17 additional deaths from the virus Wednesday.

The rolling seven-day average for positive tests in Utah is now 1,053 per day, according to the Utah Department of Health.

Another 23,334 tests for the deadly virus have been conducted in Utah since Tuesday, and the number of people tested went up by 8,988. The rolling seven-day average for the percent of positive tests that include all tests taken is 7%, but that number rises to 15.3% when multiple tests for an individual over a 90-day period are excluded.

To date, 442,476 vaccine doses have been administered in Utah, an increase of 16,778 since Tuesday.

Currently, 323 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, pushing the total number of hospitalizations in the state since the start of the pandemic nearly a year ago to more than 14,000.

Utah’s death toll has now reached 1,765. The latest deaths are:

• A Box Elder County man, between 65 and 84, hospitalized at time of death.
• A Box Elder County woman, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
• A Cache County man, older than 85, hospitalized.
• A Carbon County woman, older than 85, hospitalized.
• Two Salt Lake County men, older than 85, one hospitalized and the other a long-term care facility resident.
• A Salt Lake County woman, older than 85, long-term care facility resident.
• A Salt Lake County man, 65-84, not hospitalized at time of death.
• A Tooele County man, 65-84, hospitalized.
• Two Utah County men, older than 85, one hospitalized and the other a long-term care facility resident.
• A Utah County woman, older than 85, long-term care facility resident.
• A Wasatch County woman, older than 85, long-term care facility resident.
• A Weber County woman, older than 85, long-term care facility resident.
• A Weber County man, older than 85, hospitalized.
• A Weber County man, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
• A Weber County man, 45-64, hospitalized.

This story will be updated.

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