Clark County COVID metrics paint mixed picture of outbreak’s direction

Clark County recorded 1,003 caller COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths implicit the preceding 3 days arsenic metrics for the illness continued to overgarment a mixed representation of the absorption of the outbreak, information posted Monday showed.

Updated figures from the Southern Nevada Health District for Friday done Sunday pushed totals for the region to 41,007 cases and 6,129 deaths from the illness caused by the caller coronavirus.

New cases were somewhat beneath the 14-day moving mean erstwhile divided by three, portion the longer-term measurement jumped to 336 per time from 312 arsenic of Friday.

Fatalities were beneath the two-week mean of 5 per time erstwhile divided by three. The mean was unchanged from Friday.

The county’s trial positivity rate, which tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, declined by 0.1 percent constituent from Friday’s study to 7 percent. The complaint had risen implicit 13 consecutive regular updates earlier turning somewhat little connected Saturday and Sunday, authorities information show.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

Hospitalizations of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients stood astatine 553 arsenic of Monday’s update, down by 5 from Friday. The Nevada Hospital Association reported past week that the fig of COVID-19 patients successful the region had risen by astir 16 percent since Nov. 2.

All 4 cardinal metrics person accrued somewhat since the opening of November, raising concerns that the region could beryllium successful the aboriginal stages of different surge. State and section nationalist wellness officials person not yet identified the uptick arsenic a surge but accidental they are monitoring the concern closely.

The authorities Department of Health and Human Services, meanwhile, reported 1,598 caller COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths from Friday done Sunday.

Updated figures pushed authorities totals to 453,771 COVID-19 cases and 7,930 deaths, according to authorities data.

Divided by three, caller cases implicit the play stood astatine astir 533 per day, which was good supra the two-week moving mean of 493 per day. The mean roseate by 20 cases per time from Friday’s update, erstwhile it stood astatine 473.

Fatalities divided by 3 were beneath the two-week mean of six per day, portion the mean dropped by 2 from Friday, according to authorities data.

It said 688 confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients were occupying beds successful authorities hospitals, down 27 from Friday’s report.

The state’s trial positivity complaint stood astatine 7.7 percent connected Monday, unchanged from Friday.

The authorities COVID-19 vaccination complaint appeared to dip sharply connected Monday, but lone due to the fact that of a alteration successful the mode the information is reported. As of Monday, vaccination figures see children successful the 5 done 11 property bracket, who lone became eligible for the shots aboriginal this month. Not surprisingly, Nevadans successful this property radical are not yet arsenic vaccinated arsenic those successful different property groups.

As of Monday, the authorities information showed that 52 percent of the eligible colonisation are considered afloat vaccinated, versus 51.26 percent successful Clark County.

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