OGDEN, Utah – Four more Utahns died as the state recorded 2,160 new cases of COVID-19 and a 30.8% positive test rate.
Here’s the data, as reported by the Utah Department of Health:
Positives:
We will report 285,633 positive cases today. This is an increase of 2,160 cases since yesterday.
Vaccines:
Notes: “Doses Administered” is the number of vaccine doses that have been given to people and reported to the UDOH. There will be a lag between when vaccines are shipped, administered to a person, and finally reported to the UDOH. Once people in Utah begin getting their second dose of vaccine, the UDOH will also report the total number of people vaccinated. Data are preliminary and the UDOH will report additional data as they become available.
***We will report 48,575 vaccines administered.
Lab Tests:
We will report 1,752,324 people tested. This is an increase of 6,619 people tested since yesterday.
Trends:
The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 2,716 per day. The rolling 7-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests is 30.8%.
Hospitalizations:
There are 484 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 11,240.
Deaths:
- We will report 1,305 total deaths, this is an increase of 4 deaths since yesterday.
- Female, older than 85, Washington County resident, long-term care facility resident
- Male, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, older than 85, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
UDOH announced Monday its expanding free rapid COVID-19 testing throughout the Beehive state.
According to a news release, the locations are based on high positivity rates, lower numbers of tests conducted, untreated wastewater sampling and other surveillance data.
Anyone can get tested at one of these free clinics, even if they don’t have symptoms.
As tests are increasing, the number of vaccines being administered is also increasing.
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout for Weber and Morgan counties gets underway Jan. 5 at the Dee Events Center on the campus of Weber State University.
Healthcare workers in non-hospital settings (medical, dental, EMS) are the first priority group to participate in the invitation-only clinics.
Weber-Morgan Health Department employees, volunteers from the Weber-Morgan Medical Reserve Corps, Ogden City Fire, Weber Fire District and Weber State University will staff the weekly clinics. The health department received its first shipment of the vaccine on Monday, Dec. 28 and began vaccinating staff, volunteers and emergency responders who will work at the clinics, according to a news release.
The Ogden Police Department announced Monday that its firefighters have begun to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Phase 1 of Utah’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign began in December. Hospital health care workers, long-term care facility residents and staff, non-hospital health care workers, public health and tribal health care workers are being vaccinated.
Non-hospital health care workers are encouraged to reach out to their local health departments for information about how to get vaccinated.
Later in Phase 1, likely in late January, K-12 teachers and school staff, along with first responders, will begin receiving vaccines. Coordination is ongoing between school district administrators and local health departments.
Utah residents ages 75 and older will get the COVID-19 vaccine as early as mid-February, once Phase 2 of distribution begins.