Clark County sees highest 1-day COVID case increase in nearly a year

Clark County connected Wednesday reported 2,201 caller coronavirus cases — the largest single-day summation successful astir a year.

Cases person been rising for weeks, but the inclination accelerated during the past week, soon aft the more-infectious omicron variant of COVID-19 was archetypal detected successful Clark County.

Wednesday’s update included the highest fig of infections reported since 2,320 caller cases were reported connected Jan. 11, arsenic cases were conscionable opening to ebb aft past winter’s surge of the illness caused by the caller coronavirus. That remains the highest crest the authorities and region person seen since the pandemic started.

But the inclination lines for section and authorities COVID-19 metrics suggest the existent question is going to get worse earlier it gets better, meaning caller cases astatine slightest are expected to soon surpass that mark.

A authorities laboratory study updated connected Thursday indicated that a full of 36 omicron cases person present been identified successful the state. Because lone a tiny illustration of affirmative tests are genetically sequenced to find which strain of the illness caused the infection, it’s apt that omicron — described arsenic a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization — is acold much prevalent than that.

Clark County besides reported 15 caller coronavirus deaths connected Wednesday, bringing totals posted by the Southern Nevada Health District to 363,685 cases and 6,451 deaths.

New cases were good supra the two-week moving average, which accrued by 67 to 664 per day. Fatalities besides were good supra the two-week moving mean successful the county, which held dependable astatine 3 per day.

The fig of radical hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected cases of COVID-19 successful the region besides jumped significantly, expanding by 87 to 774.

The county’s 14-day trial positivity rate, which tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, accrued by 0.7 percent constituent to 10.1 percent. That was the archetypal double-digit speechmaking for the metric since Aug. 31.

The authorities Department of Health and Human Services, meanwhile, reported 2,483 caller COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths during the preceding day. That brought totals for the authorities to 481,714 cases and 8,407 deaths.

Nevada’s 14-day moving mean of caller cases accrued by 79 to 783 per day. The two-week mean for fatalities accrued by 1 to 5 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.

County numbers are included successful the statewide totals.

Of the state’s different intimately watched metrics, the two-week trial positivity complaint accrued 0.6 percent constituent to 9.3 percent, portion the fig of radical successful Nevada hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases roseate to 895, 106 much than connected Tuesday.

As of Wednesday’s report, authorities information amusement that 54.32 percent of eligible Nevadans 5 and older had been afloat vaccinated, compared with 53.63 percent successful Clark County. Both figures are good beneath the nationalist average, which stood astatine 61.8 percent arsenic of Monday, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Carson City had the state’s highest vaccination rate, astatine 62.73 percent, arsenic of Wednesday, portion Storey County was the lowest astatine 20.88 percent.

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