Utah adds 21 deaths amid omicron surge on Tuesday

Salt Lake City, Utah – According to the Utah Department of Health, 811 new COVID-19 cases, and 21 new deaths are reported on Tuesday, December 21.

With 811 new COVID-19 cases reported, Utah’s case total has reached 621,008.

Of today’s new cases, 93 are school-aged children. UDOH is reporting 45 cases in children ages 5-10, 22 cases in children ages 11-13, and 26 cases in children ages 14-17.

A total of 4,448,663 vaccine doses have been administered in Utah.

This is an increase of 14,003 doses since yesterday.

In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 15.6 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 9.7 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 3.7 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, 5.6 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2.5 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people.

Lab reports from the Utah Department of Health show 4,153,440 people have been tested. This is an increase of 7,393.

UDOH reports a total of 7,615,745 total tests, an increase of 14,694 since yesterday.

The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 964 per day.

The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 11.9%. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 8.2%.

There are 444 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 27,093.

There are 21 new virus-related deaths reported. UDOH is reporting 3,704 total deaths.