(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Captain Jason Burton working on a COVID-19 test site run by the Utah National Guard at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Thursday, February 25, 2021 .
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More than three-quarters of a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Utah and more than a quarter of a million Utahns have received the second dose. That is, approximately 8.4% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated and the day comes when the only Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrived in the state.
Utah reported seven more deaths Wednesday; five of these occurred before February 10 and have only recently been confirmed to be coronavirus-related. The state medical examiner determined that one of the deaths reported Monday – a man in Iron County, aged 65 to 84 – was not caused by COVID-19, and the man’s death was eliminated. of the state account.
Vaccines administered during the past day / total vaccinations • 18,236 / 759,533.
Number of Utahns who have received two doses • 269,368.
Cases reported last day • 729.
Deaths reported last day • Set.
Salt Lake County reported five deaths: a man and a woman between the ages of 45 and 64; a man and a woman 65-84; and a woman over 85 years old.
There was one death each in Box Elder and Washington counties, both men aged 65 to 84 years.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 212. This has gone down one since Tuesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 92 are in intensive care units, the same as on Tuesday.
Tests reported last day • 8,249 people were tested for the first time. A total of 21,267 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original method of the state, the rate is 8.8%. This is below the seven-day average of 10.2%.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. Wednesday’s rate is now 3.4%, lower than the seven-day average of 4.8%.
Total so far • 372,708 cases; 1,949 dead; 14,783 hospitalizations; 2,222,755 people tested.