Clark County’s COVID-19 metrics inch closer to end of mask mandate

Clark County recorded 456 caller coronavirus cases and 7 deaths connected Tuesday arsenic the region precocious again toward the benchmarks needed to exit Gov. Steve Sisolak’s disguise mandate.

The county’s two-week trial positivity rate, which tracks the radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, dropped o.1 percent points to 6.6 percent. That translates to 6.74 percent utilizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s preferred seven-day rate, which puts the region successful the “moderate” transmission tier.

That means the region has present reached 1 of the duplicate requirements to exit the authorities disguise mandate by having a trial positivity complaint of 8 percent oregon little implicit back-to backmost weeks. The authorities slipped beneath that level sometime during the week ending Oct. 5.

To scope the CDC’s “moderate” transmission tier, which would effect successful a lifting of the mandate, a region besides indispensable grounds back-to-back weeks with less than 50 caller COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents.

CDC information showed that arsenic of Tuesday, Clark County had a lawsuit complaint of 114.62 per 100,000 people, a important alteration from the 139.54 reported astatine this clip past week.

State officials volition update the disguise guidelines connected Tuesday afternoon, but CDC information showed that astir of the authorities remains successful the “high” transmission tier. The lone exceptions are Esmeralda County, which has not recorded a affirmative lawsuit successful the past 7 days, and is successful the “low” transmission tier, and Lincoln County, which is successful the “substantial” tier, the level supra moderate.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

Tuesday’s update besides showed the fig of radical hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected cases of COVID-19 successful the region accrued by 19, to 525, according to information from the authorities Department of Health and Human Services.

Updated figures posted by the Southern Nevada Health District pushed totals for the region to 327,885 cases and 5,862 deaths.

While caller cases were again higher than the two-week moving mean of 310 per day, the mean itself continued its caller downward advancement by shedding 12 cases per time from Monday’s report. The two-week moving mean of fatalities successful the region held dependable astatine seven.

The state, meanwhile, reported 862 caller COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths implicit the preceding day. That brought totals to 432,861 cases and 7,466 deaths.

Nevada’s 14-day moving mean of caller cases besides declined, dropping to 495 per time from 514 connected Monday. The two-week mean for fatalities held astatine 10 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.

The averages amusement that the 4 cardinal COVID-19 metrics person been falling since mid- to late-August.

Of the state’s different intimately watched metrics, the two-week trial positivity complaint declined 0.2 percent points to 7.5 percent, portion the fig of radical successful Nevada hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases roseate to 711, 13 much than connected Monday.

As of Wednesday’s report, authorities information amusement that 55.36 percent of Nevadans 12 and older had been afloat vaccinated, compared with 54.60 percent successful Clark County.

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

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