Nearly 19,000 more vaccine doses are injected, bringing the state’s total to more than 300,000.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Julyn Shepherd fills syringes for Utah County residents to get COVID-19 vaccines at a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork on Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
The Utah Department of Health reported administering nearly 19,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine over the past day, the highest daily number of shots injected since vaccinations began in the state on last month.
The welcome record came on Saturday with 242,784 people in the state receiving the first dose and 57,732 getting both.
The state has previously crossed 16,000 doses administered in a single day. But it is the first time it has surpassed 18,000.
The day also brought other good trends. General hospitalizations decreased, as did the number of patients in intensive care units. There was only a modest increase in new virus cases, while the seven-day average also decreased.
Vaccines reported in total / last day vaccinations • 18,719 / 300,516.
Cases reported last day • 1,468.
Deaths reported last day • 8.
There were five deaths in Salt Lake County. They were male and female, both 45 to 64 years old; a woman 65-84; and a man and a woman, both over 85 years of age.
In addition, there was one death each in Cache County: a man aged 65 to 84; Davis County: a man aged 65 to 84; and Weber County: a woman over 85 years old.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 430. It went down Friday 16th. Of those currently hospitalized, 139 are in intensive care units, nine less than on Friday.
Tests reported last day • 8,768.
Percentage of positive tests • 16.74%. This is slightly below the seven-day average of 18%.
Total so far • 345,430 cases; 1,663 dead; 13,427 hospitalizations; 2,018,175 tests.