Clark County sees 3 of 4 COVID-19 metrics increase

Clark County connected Monday reported 1,379 caller cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths during the preceding 3 days arsenic 3 of its 4 cardinal metrics for the illness increased.

Updated figures posted by the Southern Nevada Health District pushed totals for the region to 354,074 cases and 6,389 deaths.

Divided by three, the fig of caller cases was good supra the two-week moving mean of 404 per day, portion the mean was up 13 cases per time from Friday’s update.

Fatalities were somewhat supra the 14-day mean of 5 per day, which was unchanged from Friday.

The county’s 14-day trial positivity rate, which tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, climbed by 0.1 percent constituent during the play to scope 8.0 percent, according to authorities data.

The authorities besides reported 582 confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 patients successful region hospitals, up from 573 successful Friday’s report.

The region has been experiencing maturation successful its metrics for the illness caused by the caller coronavirus since the opening of November, though the increases person been comparatively tiny compared to earlier waves of the illness and levels stay good beneath those of the summertime surge.

It is not wide whether the omicron variant — the 3rd lawsuit of which was confirmed Monday by the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory successful a Washoe County antheral successful his 50s — is playing a relation successful the caller emergence of the metrics oregon whether it volition importantly change the people of the outbreak successful the authorities and locally.

The existent surge has moved the region farther from the extremity of exiting the state’s look disguise mandate for crowded indoor spaces.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

Translated to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s preferred seven-day moving average, the trial positivity complaint stood astatine 9.5 percent arsenic of Monday, successful the “substantial” hazard of transmission class successful its classification system. As of Monday afternoon, the county’s complaint of caller cases per 100,000 colonisation for the play stood astatine 158.911, which is successful the “high” transmission hazard category.

To exit the disguise mandate, a region indispensable grounds backmost to backmost weeks with a trial positivity complaint of little than 8 percent and a caller lawsuit complaint of 50 per 100,000 colonisation oregon less. The authorities volition update its guidance connected the mandate connected Tuesday.

Update connected breakthrough cases

The wellness territory besides updated its reporting connected alleged breakthrough cases of COVID-19 successful the region precocious Friday, showing 679 caller infections implicit the preceding week successful radical considered afloat vaccinated. Thirty-six of those radical were hospitalized and 9 died, according to the report.

That pushed breakthrough totals for the region to 15,669 cases — astir 4.5 percent of full cases of each types — 803 hospitalizations and 240 deaths.

The immense bulk of those cases were attributed to the ascendant delta variant, with conscionable one lawsuit of the newer omicron variant reported successful the county.

The information demonstrates that vaccination provides beardown extortion against the astir superior consequences of infection, with the decease complaint among the afloat vaccinated 21 per 100,000 population, vs. 526 per 100,000 for unvaccinated Nevadans. Most of those who were hospitalized oregon died were 65 oregon older and had an underlying wellness condition, according to the report.

The authorities Department of Health and Human Services, meanwhile, connected Monday reported 1,647 caller COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths implicit the preceding 3 days.

Divided by three, caller cases were good supra the two-week moving mean of 514 per day. The mean for caller cases besides climbed during the period, jumping from 489 per time successful Friday’s update. The mean for deaths decreased by 1 to 7 per day.

The update accrued authorities totals to 470,600 cases of the illness and 8,311 deaths.

Remembering Nevadans mislaid to COVID-19

Of the state’s different cardinal COVID-19 metrics, some the trial positivity complaint and the fig of COVID-19 related hospitalizations were unchanged astatine 7.6 percent and 667, respectively.

The state’s vaccination complaint against the illness edged up to 53.88 percent of eligible Nevadans 5 and older, compared to 53.16 percent successful Clark County.

Contact Mike Brunker astatine mbrunker@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-4656. Follow @mike_brunker connected Twitter.