SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health reported more than 1,700 new cases of COVID-19 and an additional 11 deaths on Friday.
Of the 1,715 new cases reported today, 362 are school-age children.
There are currently 580 people hospitalized with the virus in Utah.
As of yesterday, 6,924 more people have been vaccinated in Utah.
In the past 28 days, unvaccinated people had a 5.9 times higher risk of dying from COVID-19, 7.3 times higher risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19, and a 6.5- times higher risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.
The running seven-day number of new cases per day is 1,360 and the percentage of positive tests is 14.3 percent.
The deaths reported today are:
- Male, between 45 and 64, residents of Davis County, hospitalized at death
- Female, aged 65 to 84, resident of Iron County, hospitalized at death
- Male, between 25 and 44, residents of Uintah County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Female, over 85 years of age, resident of Millard County, resident in long-term care facility
- Male, between 45 and 64, residents of Salt Lake County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Female, between 25 and 44, resident of Salt Lake County, hospitalized at death
- Male, between 65 and 84, Utah County residents, hospitalized at death
- Male, older than 85, Utah County resident, hospitalized at death
- Female, between 25 and 44 years old, resident of Utah County, hospitalized at death
- Male, between 65 and 84, Weber County residents, hospitalized at death
- Male, between 25 and 44, residents of Salt Lake County, hospitalized at the time of death
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