Another day of mixed messages from Nevada’s key COVID-19 metrics

Nevada connected Thursday reported 1,475 caller coronavirus cases and 32 deaths arsenic the state’s large COVID-19 metrics continued to supply mixed signals connected the absorption of the outbreak.

Updated figures posted by the Department of Health and Human Services connected the state’s coronavirus website pushed totals to 408,733 COVID-19 cases and 6,821 deaths.

New cases were supra the two-week moving average, which registered its 3rd summation successful the past 5 reports with a tiny leap from 855 per time connected Wednesday to 874.

Deaths besides were good supra the mean of 11 per time implicit the period. The average, which roseate 1 from the 10 reported Wednesday, has been fluctuating for weeks but remains beneath its caller precocious of 17 per time Aug. 18.

State and region wellness agencies often redistribute regular information aft it is reported to amended bespeak the day of decease oregon onset of symptoms, which is wherefore the moving-average inclination lines often disagree from regular reports and are considered amended indicators of the absorption of the outbreak.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

The state’s two-week trial positivity rate, which fundamentally tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, declined 0.1 percent points to 11.5 percent.

The complaint has dropped importantly from its caller highest of 16.4 percent Aug. 13, but has flatlined implicit the past week.

State information besides showed that 1,073 radical were hospitalized with either confirmed oregon suspected cases of COVID-19, a alteration of 17 from Wednesday’s report. Though the fig of hospitalizations has dropped dilatory implicit the past month, concerns stay astir capableness and staffing issues, peculiarly successful the bluish and cardinal parts of the state.

The Nevada Hospital Association said Wednesday that radical tin assistance infirmary capableness issues by doing 3 things: getting the COVID-19 vaccine, avoiding hospitals for COVID-19 investigating and utilizing urgent attraction centers for non-emergency care.

“COVID-19 patients are continuing to surge astatine hospitals wrong the northbound and agrarian areas of the state,” the commercialized radical said. “Several facilities are requesting triage tents to beryllium erected extracurricular the facilities, arsenic good arsenic staffing assistance done the National Guard oregon national resources. Patient transfers to a higher level of attraction proceed to beryllium contentious.”

Remembering those we’ve mislaid to COVID-19

The emergence successful metrics successful July triggered a authorities look disguise mandate, which is effect successful each of Nevada’s 17 counties. All counties are required to disguise up successful crowded indoor spaces aft being classified arsenic places with a “high oregon important rates of transmission” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Clark County, meanwhile, recorded 780 caller COVID-19 cases and 27 deaths implicit the preceding day, according to information posted Thursday by the Southern Nevada Health District. That brought region totals to 313,601 COVID-19 cases and 5,402 deaths.

Clark County’s two-week trial positivity complaint decreased by 0.1 percent constituent to 8.8 percent.

County numbers are included successful the statewide totals.

State officials were expected to sermon Nevada’s COVID-19 concern astatine a quality briefing Thursday afternoon.

This is simply a processing story. Check backmost for updates.

Contact Jonah Dylan astatine jdylan@reviewjournal.com. Follow @TheJonahDylan connected Twitter.