Your Covid report for Tuesday:
🌡 1,140 cases, ⬆️ 177 from last week.
🎓246 school-aged cases #utpol
😔 9 deaths, 2,593
🏥 438 hospitalized
🧪 Testing data appears to be missing. I’ll get it later.
📈 7-day avg, 1,108 cases/day, 14.8%/10.5% pos
💉 5,747 new vax doses
Daily case average is back to where we were Feb. 8.
Hospitalizations up 19. There are 177 Covid patients in ICU, up four from yesterday. Referral ICUs are 84.3% full.
Risk Ratios:
Over the last 28 days, unvaccinated people are:
5x more likely to get infected
6.6x as likely to be hospitalized
5.9x as likely to die.
Of the 7,757 cases in the last week, 6,575 were unvaxxed. (84.8%)
There were 3 new breakthrough deaths reported. #utpol
As mentioned, 246 kids age 5-18 tested positive since yesterday. 147 of them were age 5-13.
In the past week, 963 kids age 5-13 tested positive, compared to 136 last year. (7.1x)
3 kids under 14 were hospitalized since yday.
Chart below & school cases in last 2 weeks. #utpol
There were 381 new cases of Delta variant added, bringing total to 5,985.
Vax facts:
• 1,783,954 with 1 dose, up 3,071 from yesterday. Now at 54.5% of all Utahns, 68.6% of those eligible.
• 1,551,747 fully vaxxed, up 2,826. Now at 47.4% and 59.7% respectively. #utpol
More long-term care cases (see below).
Here are the positivity rates that were missing above:
🧪 7,415 people tested, 15.4% positive; 12,554 total tests, 9.1% pos.
Remember the Lege “endgame” kicked in when 14-day cases/100k was 191? We’re at 440 now. Unvaxxed are ~700. #utpol
Tooele Health District still has the highest 7-day infection rate followed by Wasatch.
For 14-day infection rates, So. Utah County neck-and-neck with Tooele. Here are Top 20 & Bottom 20 w/ vax rates. Interesting outliers in both (Midvale, Provo/BYU, etc.). #utpol
Ah heck. Let’s do a quick PoopWatch:
Below is the DEQ sewage monitoring. Yellow is better than red, but keep in mind those yellows mean its holding at VERY high levels.
Two examples, Payson & Orem, included. #utpol#utpoo💩
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Risk Ratio
Over the past 28 days, unvaccinated Utahns are
• 5.4x as likely to test positive
• 5.9x as likely to be hospitalized
• 4.1x as likely to die.
Over the past week, unvaxxed people account for 88% of cases.
In last three weeks cases and hospitalizations have steadily risen. We don’t want to be here. Good news is vaccinations have been steady. Discouraged by large number not vaxxed. #utpol
@GovCox Cox: To those health care providers, our heart breaks that you’re going through this again. Especially caring for people who didn’t take the opportunity to protect themselves.
For first time in pandemic we had a moment Friday evening where there was no ICU space. #utpol
Cox: Rural hospital was looking to transfer a patient to a referral ICU and was turned away. Only lasted a few hours but in critical care every minute counts.
Cox says he will meet with the Lege this week. He’s met with Lege leaders regularly over last two weeks. #utpol
Hospitalizations down 2 since Friday. There are 178 Covid patients in ICU, down 6 from Friday. Referral ICUs 88.5% full.
Risk Ratios:
In last 28 days, unvaxxed Utahns are:
• 5.1x as likely to test positive
• 6.2x as likely to be hospitalized
• 4.9x as likely to die. #utpol