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Almost 4,000 more Utahns have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, bringing the total to 41% of the state’s total population.
The Utah Department of Health also reported 325 new cases of the coronavirus and two more deaths.
Vaccine doses administered in past day/total doses administered • 7,187 / 2,775,154.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 1,335,317.
Cases reported in past day • 325.
Deaths reported in past day • Two — a woman between the ages of 45-64 in Davis County, and a woman 45-64 in Weber County.
Tests reported in past day • 3,458 people were tested for the first time. A total of 6,325 people were tested.
Hospitalizations reported in the past day • 170. That’s three fewer than on Thursday. Of those currently hospitalized, 66 are in intensive care, unchanged from Thursday.
Percentage of positive tests • Under the state’s original method, the rate is 9.4%. That’s higher than the seven-day average of 7.6%.
The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Friday’s rate was 5.1%, slightly higher than the seven-day average of 4.9%
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 411,071 cases; 2,326 deaths; 17,232 hospitalizations; 2,755,326 people tested.
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