Nevada’s new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations both hit 2-month lows

Nevada deed 2 affirmative milestones connected Wednesday, reporting the fewest caller coronavirus cases successful a azygous time and the lowest fig of COVID-19-related hospitalizations successful much than 2 months.

The authorities reported 824 caller cases and 30 deaths, bringing cumulative totals posted by the authorities Department of Health and Human Services to 414,371 cases and 6,948 deaths.

That was the lowest fig since July 21, according to authorities data. It was besides the lowest fig of caller cases reported successful a azygous time since July 14.

New COVID-19 cases were conscionable beneath the two-week moving average, which dropped sharply from 894 to 825.

Nevada besides reported that 986 radical successful the authorities were hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases, 21 less than the erstwhile day. The fig of hospitalizations successful the authorities has been dilatory decreasing for weeks, though hospitals successful the bluish and cardinal portion of the state, successful particular, proceed to conflict with capableness and staffing issues.

COVID-related deaths, however, remained good supra the moving two-week average, which accrued by 1 to 13 fatalities per day.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

The state’s two-week positivity rate, which fundamentally tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, dropped 0.2 percent constituent to 11.1 percent, according to authorities data. The complaint declined steeply from its caller precocious of 16.4 percent connected Aug. 13 earlier flattening implicit the past fewer weeks.

Positivity rates amusement however the pandemic has shifted implicit the past month. While Clark County was crushed zero of the authorities outbreak successful mid-August, the surge is present hitting different parts of the authorities harder.

Washoe County, for example, reported a trial positivity complaint of 18.3 percent connected Wednesday, good supra the state’s caller peak. That fig is inactive high, contempt having dropped implicit the past fewer weeks. As of Wednesday, 63.40 percent of region residents 12 and older had been afloat vaccinated, good supra the authorities complaint of 54.56 percent.

Storey County has by acold the highest positivity complaint successful the state, 40.6 percent arsenic of Wednesday. That fig is based connected a tiny sample, though, arsenic lone 778 full tests person been reported successful the county. In contrast, Clark County has conducted much than 3.2 cardinal tests.

Despite the caller improvements successful the state’s cardinal COVID metrics, they person yet to instrumentality to the levels seen anterior to the summertime surge, which experts accidental was driven by the more-contagious delta variant of the caller coronavirus.

As a result, each of Nevada’s 17 counties are listed arsenic having “high” hazard of transmission of the disease. That’s the highest class successful the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and means a disguise mandate remains successful effect passim the full state.

The authorities reinstituted a disguise mandate successful crowded indoor nationalist spaces for counties that person “high oregon substantial” rates of transmission connected July 30, astir 2 weeks earlier the state’s numbers started to flatten and drop.

The Southern Nevada Health District connected Wednesday besides reported 352 cases and 19 deaths implicit the preceding day. That brought region totals to 316,397 cases and 5,515 deaths.

Clark County’s two-week trial positivity rate, which has dropped rapidly successful caller weeks, declined 0.1 percent constituent to 8.6 percent.

County numbers are included successful the statewide totals.

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