Clark County COVID test positivity rate rises for 3rd time this week

Clark County connected Friday reported below-average totals of 270 COVID-19 cases and nary deaths during the erstwhile day, but the trial positivity complaint jumped for the 3rd clip this week.

Updated figures posted by the Southern Nevada Health District pushed totals for the region to 337,079 cases and 6,049 deaths.

New cases successful the region were good beneath the two-week moving mean of 335 cases per day, portion the mean climbed by 5 from Wednesday’s study — the past time it could beryllium calculated due to the fact that the authorities did not update its COVID-19 information connected the Veterans Day holiday.

The two-week mean of deaths per day, remained unchanged astatine three, updated authorities information showed.

The county’s trial positivity rate, which tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, continued its caller rise, jumping by 0.3 percent points from Wednesday to 6.6 percent. The complaint has present risen astir a afloat percent constituent from its caller debased of 5.8 percent connected Nov. 1.

Hospitalizations of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases besides continued its caller uptick, with 552 individuals occupying beds successful the county, 15 much than successful Wednesday’s report.

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The wellness territory besides updated its reporting connected alleged “breakthrough” cases successful Clark County successful which afloat vaccinated individuals nevertheless declaration the disease.

It showed 430 caller breakthrough cases, 20 hospitalizations and 5 deaths successful the region implicit the past week, pushing totals to 12,125 infections, 607 hospitalizations, and 195 deaths.

Public wellness officials accidental that vaccination is the champion extortion against processing a superior lawsuit of COVID-19, and the region statistic backmost that up: The COVID-19 decease complaint among the afloat vaccinated is 17 per 100,000 residents, compared to 487 retired of 100,000 residents for the unvaccinated, the authorities information show.

After not updating COVID-19 figures connected Veterans Day, Nevada connected Friday logged 1,285 caller cases and 11 deaths implicit the erstwhile 2 days. That pushed authorities totals to 447,746 cases and 7,808 deaths.

Averaged implicit 2 days, caller cases were good supra the two-week moving mean of 505 cases per day, portion the mean accrued by 3 from Wednesday’s report.

Fatalities from the illness caused by the caller coronavirus were somewhat beneath the regular mean of six per time erstwhile averaged implicit 2 days, portion the longer-term measurement was unchanged from Wednesday.

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Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez astatine rtorres@reviewjournal.com. Follow him connected Twitter @rickytwrites.