Clark County COVID cases, hospitalizations rise for 2nd straight day

New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations edged higher successful Clark County for the 2nd consecutive time Thursday arsenic wellness officials reported 398 caller cases and 16 deaths implicit the erstwhile 24 hours.

Updated figures posted by the Southern Nevada Health District raised region totals to 331,107 cases of the illness caused by the caller coronavirus and 5,963 deaths.

New cases were supra the 14-day moving average, which accrued by 4 to 293. Deaths besides were supra the moving average, which held dependable astatine 5 fatalities per day.

The fig of radical hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected cases of COVID-19 successful the region accrued by 17, to 452, 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, held dependable astatine 6.0 percent.

Nevada, meanwhile, reported 647 caller COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths implicit the preceding day. That brought authorities totals to 438,216 cases and 7,631 deaths.

It was the archetypal clip since aboriginal July that the authorities has reported less than 700 caller cases for 3 consecutive days, according to records maintained by the Review-Journal.

Nevada’s 14-day moving mean of caller cases accrued to 473, up from 470 connected Wednesday per day. The two-week mean for fatalities besides was unchanged astatine 9 per day.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

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 stayed level astatine 6.8 percent, portion the fig of radical successful Nevada hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases roseate to 635, 13 much than connected Wednesday.

As of Thursday’s report, authorities information amusement that 56.01 percent of Nevadans 12 and older had been afloat vaccinated, compared to 55.26 percent successful Clark County.

That fig fluctuates wide passim the state. Washoe County has the state’s highest vaccination rate, astatine 65.13 percent, portion Storey County has the lowest astatine 20.07 percent.

The fig of Nevadans receiving the vaccine has been tapering disconnected successful caller weeks. Administered doses deed a caller highest of astir 7,400 a time successful aboriginal October. That fig is present astatine 6,400, according to authorities data.

State officials were expected to sermon Nevada’s COVID-19 effect astatine a Thursday day briefing.

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

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