Clark County COVID-19 numbers finish week with another increase

Clark County connected Friday continued to spot increases successful astir large COVID-19 metrics, reporting 519 caller cases and 13 deaths.

That brought totals posted by the Southern Nevada Health District to 334,445 cases and 6,014 deaths.

New cases were good supra the 14-day moving average, which accrued by 4 to 328. Deaths were much than 3 times the moving average, which held dependable astatine 4 fatalities per day.

The fig of radical hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected cases of COVID-19 successful the region decreased by 15, to 508, according to information from the authorities Department of Health and Human Services.

The county’s 14-day trial positivity rate, which tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, accrued by 0.1 percent constituent to 5.9 percent.

The complaint has been dropping steadily for months, but evened retired during the week.

Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s preferred 7-day average, the fig translates to 7.9 percent, a motion that the complaint is connected the emergence successful the county. It besides leaves Clark County overmuch further from exiting Gov. Steve Sisolak’s disguise mandate than it was astatine the opening of the week, erstwhile it dropped into the “substantial” hazard complaint of transmission for the archetypal clip since the disguise mandate went into effect successful July.

CDC information shows that the region present has a lawsuit complaint of 122.16 per 100,000 people, a important leap from the 92.69 reported connected Monday. In bid to get to the “moderate” transmission tier and exit the disguise mandate, that fig has to beryllium beneath 50 per 100,000.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

Nevada, meanwhile, reported 796 caller COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths implicit the preceding day. That brought authorities totals to 443,641 cases and 7,713 deaths.

Nevada’s 14-day moving mean of caller cases accrued to 505, up from 497 connected Thursday. The two-week mean for fatalities besides was unchanged astatine six per day.

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.

Of the state’s different intimately watched metrics, the two-week trial positivity complaint accrued 0.1 percent constituent to 6.7 percent, portion the fig of radical successful Nevada hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases dropped to 717, 22 little than connected Thursday

As of Friday’s report, authorities information amusement that 56.56 percent of Nevadans 12 and older had been afloat vaccinated, compared to 55.82 percent successful Clark County.

That fig fluctuates wide passim the state. Washoe County has the state’s highest vaccination rate, astatine 65.62 percent, portion Storey County has the lowest astatine 20.02 percent.

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