And more than 2 million Utahns have been tested for coronavirus.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Zeanne Timbol prepares to perform her next COVID-19 test at the Salt Lake Intermountain Clinic on Saturday, January 2, 2021. More than 2 million Utahns have now been tested .
No COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Utah on Thursday, until the Department of Health later announced it would be a mistake. The zero-death report was “due to a data transmission error,” the department said on Twitter.
Deaths that should have been reported on Thursday will be added to Friday’s count.
According to UDOH, the last day no coronavirus-related deaths were recorded was September 15.
But it was still the No. 3 cause of death in Utah this week, both cumulatively over the past nine months and over the past week, right behind heart disease and cancer, according to an analysis by Erin Clouse, a public health expert at Utah. the University of Utah.
In fact, the number of coronavirus deaths throughout the week surpassed cancer just a week or two ago and even advanced heart disease until almost Christmas.
There was an approximate one-month period from November to December, where COVID-19 was the leading cause of daily mortality in Utah, according to the analysis.
Also Thursday, the state reported that it had passed 2 million people tested, approximately 63% of Utah’s population.
Vaccines reported in total / last day vaccinations • 16,579 / 267,027.
Cases reported last day • 1,761.
Deaths reported last day • Cap.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 444. It has gone down eight from Wednesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 157 are in intensive care units, four fewer than on Tuesday.
Tests reported last day • 10,917.
Percentage of positive tests • 16.13%. This is lower than the seven-day average of 18.26%.
Total so far • 342,445 cases; 1,620 dead; 13,279 hospitalizations; 2,000,023 tests.