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If the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention this week approves up to date coronavirus boosters that focus on the extremely contagious omicron variant, doses may very well be shipped to Utah as early as Friday.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to fulfill Thursday to vote on whether or not to approve the modified vaccines for adults and kids 12 and older. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky will make the ultimate resolution. The Meals and Drug Administration approved the up to date booster shot Wednesday.
If accepted, Salt Lake County spokesperson Gabriel Moreno mentioned doses may very well be shipped to Utah as early as Friday, or on Tuesday, following the Labor Day vacation. The Utah Division of Well being and Human Companies declined to remark till the CDC decides. An agenda signifies that the CDC committee meant to start assembly for a vote at 3:30 p.m. Mountain time.
The booster deliberation is underway as Utah on Thursday reported an extra 2,947 new coronavirus instances prior to now week, for a median of 423 instances per day. The state additionally reported 13 new deaths, together with a Utah county lady between 1 and 14 years previous.
The kid died in June however her dying was reported Thursday, marking the sixth documented dying of kid from COVID-19 in Utah because the pandemic started.
State well being information launched Thursday continues to indicate declines or stabilizations in most COVID-19 metrics, together with the seven-day common case counts, new hospital admissions and emergency room visits.
The seven-day common for COVID-19 sufferers within the ICU, nevertheless, elevated by greater than 50% from 17 to 26.
Coronavirus wastewater ranges
Well being officers have mentioned that case counts are an unreliable metric to trace unfold, since they don’t account for at-home exams. The degrees of coronavirus present in Utah sewers can provide a greater indication.
This week, extra wastewater websites — 44.1% — reported elevated or rising quantities of the virus, in keeping with the Utah Division of Environmental High quality. Final week, the state reported simply 23.5% websites with elevated or rising virus ranges.
Websites in Logan, North Salt Lake, Salt Lake Metropolis, Roosevelt, Cedar Metropolis and St. George all noticed rising quantity of COVID-19. Twenty websites didn’t see a change in comparison with final week, and 7 recorded decreases. One website didn’t report adequate information.
Testing discovered elevated quantities of COVID-19 at ten wastewater websites and 20 others have been on “watch” standing, that means there’s concern that ranges might develop into elevated.
No states in Utah met the CDC’s excessive group COVID-19 stage threshold this week. Final week, each San Juan and Uintah counties did. The CDC has mentioned that individuals in excessive group COVID-19 stage areas ought to put on a masks in public indoor areas. No counties in Utah require masking.
Breakdown of up to date figures:
Vaccine doses administered prior to now week/whole doses administered • 7,743 / 5,371,074.
Variety of Utahns totally vaccinated • 2,049,988 — 63.1% of Utah’s whole inhabitants. One other 984,840 Utahns have acquired not less than one booster shot — 30.3% of the inhabitants.
Circumstances reported prior to now week • 2,947.
Common instances per day reported prior to now week • 423.
Deaths reported prior to now week • 13.
Salt Lake County reported the deaths of a lady age 25-44, two males ages 45-64 and two males and a lady ages 65-84.
In Utah County, well being officers reported the dying of a lady between 1 and 14 years previous and a lady age 65-84.
Carbon County reported the deaths of two girls, one age 65-84 and the opposite 85 or older.
Cache, Davis and Washington counties every reported a single dying, together with a person age 65-85 and a person and lady age 85 or older.
Hospitalizations reported this week • As of Thursday, 159 Utahns have been hospitalized with COVID-19, two greater than the earlier week. There have been 21 in intensive care Thursday, the identical quantity as final Thursday.
Proportion of constructive exams • Counting all check outcomes, together with repeated exams of the identical particular person, 15.63% of the exams performed got here again constructive, in contrast with 17.34% at this level final week.
When repeated exams on the identical particular person are usually not counted, 19.95% of the exams administered yielded constructive outcomes, down from 22.46% the earlier week.
Totals to this point • 1,029,759 instances; 4,981 deaths; 38,024 hospitalizations.