Utah has seen 636,992 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 3,787 total deaths as of Thursday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 3,563 cases since Wednesday. School-aged kids account for 360 of today’s newly announced cases. Seven new deaths were reported. One death that was reported yesterday has been removed.
Here are the latest numbers.
- Total number of COVID-19 cases: 636,992
- Total reported people tested: 4,245,929
- Vaccines administered: 4,541,293
- Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 27,512
- Current COVID-19 hospitalizations: 436
- Total COVID-19 deaths: 3,787
- Single-day high for reported cases: 4,672 (Dec. 31)
- Single-day high for reported deaths: 30 (Dec. 17 and Jan. 21)
Recently
- The omicron variant is now likely responsible for more than 70% of Utah’s COVID-19 cases.
- The world’s death toll from COVID-19 has topped 5 million.
- Utah is beefing up COVID-19 testing so residents no longer have to wait in line for hours to be swabbed for the virus and is also piloting a new process intended to make it easier to get the results required for travel to many places.
- The Utah Department of Health is now recommending high-risk individuals get a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
- While one Utah Republican, Rep. Chris Stewart, harshly criticized the CDC’s latest mask recommendations, GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says being pro-life means getting COVID-19 vaccine.
- Even with the shots, Utahns can still catch the coronavirus. “All of us are going to get it at some point,” a Westminster College professor said.
- The University of Utah is offering free, weekly asymptomatic testing for COVID-19 to family and household members of its students, faculty and staff.
Worldwide
Globally, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 281,808,270 and killed 5,411,759 people as of Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization.
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Source: Gabriella Pinoys
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