The Utah Department of Health on Monday reported 5,504 new COVID-19 cases and 18 additional deaths from over the weekend. The state's positivity rate continues drop from record highs over the previous two weeks.
Monday's numbers come the day after the department announced it had temporarily paused the use of rapid antigen tests at state-operated COVID-19 testing sites after questions were raised over the"performance" of the tests.The rolling 7-day average for positive tests has increased to 2,611 per day. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of"people over people" is 36.2%. and the rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of"tests over tests" is 21%.
School-aged children accounted for 668 of Monday's newly announced cases, with 302 cases in children ages 5-10, 142 cases in children ages 11-13, and 244 cases in children ages 14-18. "In the last 28 days, people who are unvaccinated are at 7.8 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 4.7 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2.4 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people," UDOH wrote."Since February 1, 2021, people who are unvaccinated are at 6.5 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 4.1 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 1.
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