SALT LAKE CITY — Utah topped 500,000 COVID cases since the pandemic began last year, with 1.672 new COVID-19 cases Friday, along with 9 additional deaths.
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Among the new cases, school-aged children accounted for 358 of them, including 148 cases in children ages 5-10, 96 cases in children ages 11-13, and 114 cases in children ages 14-18.
The rolling 7-day average for positive tests has increased to 1,390 per day. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of "people over people" is 13.6%. and the rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of "tests over tests" is 9.9%.
587 people in Utah are currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
"In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 5.3 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 7.6 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 6.5 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.," UDOH reports. "Since February 1, 2021, people who are unvaccinated are at 4.2 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 5 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 4.3 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people."
With 9 additional deaths reported Friday, Utah's death toll stands at 2,869:
- Male, between 45-64, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 45-65, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, IronCounty resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 45-64, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Duchesne County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Male, between 65-84, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- Female, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death