Clark County reports fewest COVID-19 cases, deaths in 10+ weeks

Clark County recorded 545 caller COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths during the preceding day, the lowest regular totals for some metrics successful much than 10 weeks, according to information posted Friday.

Updated statistic from the Southern Nevada Health District enactment the latest region totals astatine 320,777 COVID-19 cases and 5,660 deaths.

The regular figures were the lowest since the wellness territory reported 537 caller cases connected July 11 and 8 deaths connected July 19, according to authorities data

New cases successful the region were acold supra the two-week moving mean of 367 per day, though the longer-term measurement clicked down by 1 from the preceding day, the information showed.

Fatalities attributed to the illness caused by the caller coronavirus were somewhat supra the regular mean of 8 for the period, with the second measurement unchanged from the erstwhile day.

The county’s two-week trial positivity rate, which tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, remained unchanged astatine 7.9 percent, the authorities information showed.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

Hospitalizations of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients successful the region reversed people aft back-to-back increases, declining by 19 from the time anterior to 642, it indicated.

Statewide, the Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,140 caller COVID-19 cases and 43 further deaths implicit the preceding day.

The updated figures pushed authorities totals to 421,319 cases and 7,150 deaths.

New cases were good supra the two-week moving mean of 683 per day, which nonetheles declined by 9 from Thursday’s report.

Fatalities were much than 3 times the mean for the play of 13 per day, which was down by 1 from the time prior.

The state’s trial positivity complaint shed 0.2 percent points from the preceding time to 10.1 percent.

Remembering Nevadans mislaid to COVID-19

There were 901 patients with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases occupying beds successful authorities hospitals, 21 less than connected Thursday.

The Nevada Hospital Association said successful its play update that caller declines successful COVID-19 related hospitalizations bespeak that the authorities has “crested the existent question of illness,” though it noted that agrarian counties “continue to beryllium hard hit, with astir staffed agrarian ICU beds astatine 100 percent occupancy.”

The commercialized radical besides noted that the strain astatine agrarian facilities is resulting successful hospitals deviating from mean patterns and sending much patients to facilities successful Clark County. But it added that the concern astatine Las Vegas Valley hospitals has improved to the constituent wherever they are accepting transfers from different states, including Texas, Idaho, Utah, California and Arizona.

That could relationship for respective increases successful the county’s regular hospitalization numbers reported during the week.

Despite the improvement, each hospitals proceed to look staffing challenges, the relation said.

State information amusement that 55.75 percent of eligible Nevadans 12 and older person been afloat vaccinated against COVID-19, somewhat higher than the 55.05 percent recorded successful Clark County.

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