The state also reported a dozen deaths on Tuesday, most from Feb. 1, and 560 new cases.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Irene Stukshis administers the Covid-19 vaccine to Stephan Rich at Sandy’s Mountain America Expo on Monday, March 8, 2021.
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Tuesday marked the fifth day in a row that the Utah Department of Health reported fewer than 600 new cases of COVID-19.
But the state also added 13 coronavirus fatalities to its list, including a boy, ages 1 to 14, from Salt Lake County.
UDOH did not disclose further information about the boy, citing medical privacy laws. His death, however, “is a tragic reminder that we must continue to watch over public health precautions,” the department said in its daily report.
States report COVID-19 statistics using different age ranges, but the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that on March 4, 253 children died from the disease nationwide.
Nine of the other 12 deaths in Utah reported Tuesday occurred before Feb. 1 and were only recently confirmed to be coronavirus-related.
Dose of vaccines administered last day / total doses administered • 20,737 / 878,487.
Fully vaccinated Utahns • 319,127.
Cases reported last day • 560.
Deaths reported last day • 13.
In addition to the boy who died, Salt Lake County reported five other deaths: three men between the ages of 65 and 84 and two women aged 85 or older.
There were two deaths in Utah County, both men aged 65 to 84.
Washington County also reported two deaths: a man aged 65 to 84 and a man over 85.
And two Weber County residents died: a woman aged 45 to 64 and a man aged 65 to 84.
There was a death in Juab County, a 45-64 year old woman.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 187. It has gone down six from Monday. Of those currently hospitalized, 73 are in intensive care units, unchanged since Tuesday.
Tests reported last day • 6,185 people were tested for the first time. A total of 16,450 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original method of the state, the rate is 9.1%. This is slightly above the seven-day average of 8.8%.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. Tuesday’s rate is now 3.4%, lower than the seven-day average of 4.24%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Total so far • 375,669 cases; 1,990 dead; 14,956 hospitalizations; 2,257,389 people tested.