(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah residents stand in line to vaccinate their COVID-19 in a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork, Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
More than 20,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered Thursday in Utah, according to the Department of Health – which also reported 17 more coronavirus-related deaths.
Twelve of these deaths occurred before January 15 and have recently been confirmed to be COVID-19 related.
Vaccination doses reported in recent days / total vaccine doses administered • 20,180 / 382,881.
Number of Utahns who received two doses • 89,948.
Cases reported the other day • 1,216.
Deaths reported last day • 17.
Salt Lake County reported six deaths: a woman between the ages of 45 and 64, two women and a man between the ages of 65 and 84, and two women aged 85 or older.
There were three deaths in Utah County – one woman aged 65 to 84 and two women aged 85 or older.
Two Davis County residents died, a woman and a man, both 85 and older. Two men from Morgan County also died – one aged 45 to 64 and another aged 85 or over.
Four counties each reported one death – a Box Elder County man aged 65 to 84, a Cache County man aged 85 or older, a Washington County man aged 65 to 84, and a woman from Weber County of 85 or more.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 349. Decreased 16 on Thursday. Of those currently hospitalized, 117 are in intensive care units – eight fewer than on Thursday.
Tests reported the other day • 7,696.
Percentage of positive tests • 15.8%. It’s about the same as the seven-day average of 16.3%.
Totals so far • 352,489 cases; 1,728 deaths; 13,755 hospitalizations; 2,061,926 people tested.