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More than 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in Utah on Thursday, according to the Department of Health — which also reported 17 more coronavirus-related deaths.
Twelve of those deaths occurred before Jan. 15 and were only recently confirmed as 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 past day/total vaccine doses administered • 20,180 / 382,881.
Number of Utahns who have received two doses • 89,948.
Cases reported in past day • 1,216.
Deaths reported in past day • 17.
Salt Lake County reported six deaths: a woman age 45 to 64, two women and a man 65 to 84, and two women 85 or older.
There were three deaths in Utah County — a woman 65 to 84 and two women 85 or older.
Two Davis County residents died, a woman and a man both 85 or older. And two Morgan County men died — one 45 to 64 and another 85 or older.
Four counties each reported one death — a Box Elder County man 65 to 84, a Cache County man 85 or older, a Washington County man 65 to 84, and a Weber County woman 85 or older.
Hospitalizations reported in past day • 349. That’s down 16 from Thursday. Of those currently hospitalized, 117 are in intensive care units — eight fewer than on Thursday.
Tests reported in past day • 7,696.
Percentage of positive tests • 15.8%. That’s about the same as the seven-day average of 16.3%.
Totals to date • 352,489 cases; 1,728 deaths; 13,755 hospitalizations; 2,061,926 people tested.
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