UDOH reports over 3.8K COVID-19 cases

Salt Lake City, Utah – According to the Utah Department of Health, 3,842 new COVID-19 cases, and 22 new deaths are reported on Friday, November 12.

Twenty cases were removed through data quality analysis.

With 3,842 new COVID-19 cases reported, Utah’s case total has reached 571,507.

Of today’s new cases, 892 are school-aged children. UDOH is reporting 468 cases in children ages 5-10, 196 cases in children ages 11-13, and 228 cases in children ages 14-17.

A total of 3,904,030 vaccine doses have been administered in Utah.

This is an increase of 29,631 doses since Wednesday.

In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 18.3 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 11.4 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 4.6 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.

Since February 1, 2021, people who are unvaccinated are at 8.5 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 7.2 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 3.4 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.

Lab reports from the Utah Department of Health show 3,818,573 people have been tested. This is an increase of 18,859.

UDOH reports a total of 6,932,600 total tests, an increase of 38,319 since Wednesday.

The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 1,568 per day.

The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 17.3%. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 11.2%.

There are 538 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 24,896.

There are 12 new virus-related deaths reported. UDOH is reporting 3,347 total deaths.