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Utah reports 1,585 new COVID-19 cases as 7-day average continues to drop

Utah reports 1,585 new COVID-19 cases as 7-day average continues to drop
Mitch Wilkinson
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Shixian Wang, a pharmacist with Red Rock Pharmacy, fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at The Ridge Foothill senior living facility in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.
SALT LAKE CITY Utah health officials reported 1,585 new COVID-19 cases and eight more deaths Sunday, but while case counts are dropping, hospitalizations have remained consistently high.
The average daily case numbers are showing a significant drop from a week ago, with the rolling seven-day average for positive tests at 2,209 and positivity rate at 22.6%, according to the Utah Department of Health daily report. On Jan. 10, the rolling seven-day average for positive tests was 3,212 per day while the positivity rate was 31.5%. ....

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Qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine? Here's how to book your appointment in Utah

Qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine? Here’s how to book your appointment in Utah
Herb Scribner
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Shixian Wang, a pharmacist with Red Rock Pharmacy, fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at The Ridge Foothill senior living facility in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced late last week that he plans to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations in Utah, adding new groups to the list of people who can receive the vaccine, the Deseret News reported. Cox outlined plans of an executive order to make sure this happens.
A total of 89,431 vaccine doses had been reported administered as of Friday, less than half of the just under 199,000 doses that have been delivered to the state since the first shipments arrived at Salt Lake-area hospitals in mid-December, according to the Utah Department of Health. ....

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Utah starting to speed up vaccinations after slow start

Utah starting to speed up vaccinations after slow start
Lisa Riley Roche
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Shixian Wang, a pharmacist with Red Rock Pharmacy, fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at The Ridge Foothill senior living facility in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.
SALT LAKE CITY Less than a quarter of the 127,375 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines reported received in Utah have been used to vaccinate health care providers and long-term care facility residents and staff as of the end of the year.
“The initial rollout of the vaccine has been slow, slower than anticipated, slower than we wanted,” said Rich Lakin, immunization program director with the Utah Department of Health. “We hope to be at a much faster pace in the next 15 days.” ....

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COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Utah is slower than anticipated

COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Utah is slower than anticipated
Wendy Leonard
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Shixian Wang, a pharmacist with Red Rock Pharmacy, fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at The Ridge Foothill senior living facility in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.
SALT LAKE CITY The initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been slower than anticipated in Utah, state health officials reported on Wednesday.
About 23,970 vaccines have been administered, though there is a 24-hour reporting requirement from hospitals, health departments and other partners who are administering the vaccines, meaning that the actual number of people who have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is higher, said Rich Lakin, Utah Department of Health Immunization Program director. ....

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