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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 198 new COVID-19 cases and nine additional deaths on Wednesday.
The new cases were confirmed out of 3,256 people tested since Tuesday's report, the Utah Department of Health said. Twenty-two of the cases were children. The rolling, seven-day average for new positive tests is 226 per day.
Health care workers administered just over 2,500 vaccine doses since the previous day's report.
In the last 28 days, unvaccinated residents have seen 5.5 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 2.2 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people, according to the health department.
Meanwhile, over the last 28 days those who haven't received their original vaccines and booster shot have faced a 15 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 5.2 times greater risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19, and 2.1 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than boosted people, health officials said.
On Wednesday, 228 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus — 10 fewer than were hospitalized on Tuesday.
Five of the deaths reported Wednesday occurred before Feb. 9, health officials said. The latest deaths included:
- A Beaver County man, older than 85, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Box Elder County woman, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Cache County woman, 45-64, unknown hospitalization status.
- An Emery County man, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- Two Salt Lake County men, 65-84, both hospitalized.
- A Weber County man, 45-64, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Weber County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Weber County man, 45-64, unknown hospitalization status.
