186 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths reported in Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah – According to the Utah Department of Health 186 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths were reported in Utah.

With 186 new COVID-19 cases reported, Utah’s case total has reached 925,275.

Of today’s new cases, 31 are school-aged children. UDOH is reporting 15 cases in children ages 5-10, 6 cases in children ages 11-13, and 10 cases in children ages 14-17.

A total of 4,970,122 vaccine doses have been administered in Utah.

This is an increase of 2,665 doses since yesterday.

In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at a 6.6 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 2.2 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2.0 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.

Since February 1, 2021, people who are unvaccinated are at 16.2 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 5.4 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2.1 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than boosted people.

Lab reports from the Utah Department of Health show 4,962,685 people have been tested. This is an increase of 3,320 since yesterday.

UDOH reports a total of 9,302,311 total tests, an increase of 6,609 since yesterday.

The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 197 per day.

The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 7.5%. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 4.8%.

There are 223 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 33,597.

There are 24 new virus-related deaths reported. UDOH is reporting 4,518 total deaths. Eight of these deaths occurred prior to 2/10/2022.