Utah reports giving more than 20,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in one day and reports 17 more deaths

(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.

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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.

[Read more: How Utahns age 70 and older can get COVID-19 vaccine before a broader group is eligible starting March 1]

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.

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