Vaccines against COVID remain above 20,000

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kirsten Weber, gives a COVID-19 vaccine to a Utah County resident at a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork on Wednesday, January 27, 2021.

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More than 20,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in Utah on Friday, according to the Department of Health, which also reported 5 more coronavirus-related deaths.

Vaccines reported in total / last day vaccinations • 21,204 / 404,085.

Number of Utahns who have received two doses • 99,160.

Cases reported last day • 1,211.

Deaths reported last day • 5.

The deaths reported on Friday are • Three women died: one over the age of 85 in Salt Lake County; one over 85 in Millard County and another 45-64 in Tooele County. Two men, aged 45 to 64, also died, one in Weber County and one in Uintah County.

Hospitalizations reported last day • 335. It went down 14th Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 123 are in intensive care units, six more than on Friday.

Tests reported last day • 8,264.

Percentage of positive tests • 14.04%. This is slightly lower than the seven-day average of 16.2%.

Total so far • 353,700 cases; 1,733 dead; 13,828 hospitalizations; 2,070,190 people were tested.

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