Utah adds over 39k new COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths – ABC 4

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) The Utah Department of Health is reporting 39,882 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, January 18, and 28 new deaths since Friday.

Cases

With 39,882 new COVID-19 cases reported, Utahs case total has reached 790,216.

Of todays new cases, 8,490 are school-aged children. UDOH is reporting 2,556 cases in children ages 5-10, 1,875 cases in children ages 11-13, and 4,059 cases in children ages 14-17.

Vaccines

A total of 4,723,232 vaccine doses have been administered in Utah.

This is an increase of 27,470 doses since Friday.

Vaccinated vs. unvaccinated risk ratio

In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 13.3 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 6.1 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2.3 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.

Since February 1, 2021, people who are unvaccinated are at 6.8 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 4.9 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 1.6 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.

Lab tests

Lab reports from the Utah Department of Health show 4,611,947 people have been tested. This is an increase of 78,112 since Friday.

UDOH reports a total of 8,484,276 total tests, an increase of 151,176 tests since Friday.

Trends

The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 10,652 per day.

The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of people over people is 41.3%. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of tests over tests is 29%.

Hospitalizations

There are 681 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 29,496.

Deaths

There are 3,979 total deaths, which is 28 more deaths than Friday.

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