Utah reports 17 more COVID-19 deaths

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The number of new cases exceeded 1,000 on Tuesday.

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| February 10, 2021, 8:49 p.m.

| Updated: February 11, 2021, 1:01 AM

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Seventeen more Utahs have died from COVID-19, the Utah Department of Health reported Wednesday, while the number of new cases rose from 1,000 to nearly 1,300.

And the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals – and intensive care units – has continued to rise back after falling last week.

Vaccinations reported in previous / total day vaccinations • 16,778 / 442,476.

Number of Utahns who received two doses • 117,305.

Cases reported the other day • 1,299.

Deaths reported last day • 17.

Salt Lake County reported four deaths: a man between the ages of 65 and 84 and two men and a woman aged 85 or older.

There were also four deaths in Weber County: a 45- to 64-year-old man, a 65- to 84-year-old man, and a man and a woman aged 85 or older.

Three Utah County residents died: two men and a woman, all 85 years of age or older.

Box Elder County reported two deaths: a man and a woman, both aged 65 to 84.

And there was only one death in each of the four counties – a 65- to 84-year-old man in Tooele County and three people aged 85 or over: a man in Cache County and women in Carbon and Wasatch counties.

Hospitalizations reported last day • 323. There are four on Tuesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 131 are in intensive care units – seven more than Tuesday.

Tests reported the other day • 8,988 people were tested for the first time. A total of 23,334 people were tested on Tuesday.

Percentage of positive tests • According to the initial state method, the rate is 14.5%. This is slightly lower than the seven-day average of 15.3%.

His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. This rate is now at 5.6%, lower than the seven-day average of 7%.

[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]

Totals so far • 357,339 cases; 1,765 deaths; 14,007 hospitalizations; 2,094,809 people were tested.

[Read more: These Walmarts in Utah will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to seniors on Friday]

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