New COVID-19 cases fall in Clark County, but hospitalizations rise

Clark County connected Tuesday reported 527 caller coronavirus cases and 13 deaths during the preceding day, arsenic hospitalizations continued to creep higher.

Updated figures posted by the Southern Nevada Health District showed totals for Clark County expanding to 338,693 cases and 6,086 deaths.

New cases were good supra the two-week moving mean of 309 per day, portion the longer-term measurement dropped by 25 cases per time from Monday’s report, authorities information showed. The two-week moving mean of regular fatalities successful the region was unchanged astatine four.

The county’s trial positivity complaint held dependable astatine 7.6 percent.

The fig of radical hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected cases of COVID-19 successful the region accrued by 10, to 569.

All 4 cardinal COVID-19 metrics for the region person been falling reasonably steadily since mid- to late-August and are good beneath the levels seen during the summertime surge of the illness successful the state.

But immoderate concerning signs person emerged since the opening of November, with caller cases, trial positivity complaint and hospitalizations each rising slightly.

The county’s trial positivity complaint translated to 7.75 percent utilizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s preferred seven-day average, putting the region successful the “substantial” hazard of transmission class for that metric.

The county’s lawsuit complaint per 100,000 radical stood astatine 116.2 arsenic of Tuesday, astir 5 less cases than astatine this clip past week. That level is considered arsenic posing a “high” hazard of transmission by the CDC.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

For a region to exit the authorities disguise mandate for crowded indoor nationalist spaces, it indispensable grounds back-to-back weeks with a seven-day mean lawsuit complaint of nether 50 per 100,000 residents and a trial positivity nether 8 percent — some considered arsenic posing a “moderate” hazard of transmission by the CDC.

State officials were expected to update Nevada’s disguise requirements connected Tuesday afternoon,

Ahead of the announcement, determination were immoderate encouraging signs for the Silver State successful the CDC data. Both Eureka County and Lander County were rated successful the “moderate” category, portion Esmeralda County was rated successful the “low” hazard tier

The authorities Department of Health and Human Services, meanwhile, reported 855 caller COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths during the preceding day. That brought totals for the Silver State to 450,186 cases and 7,872 deaths.

Nevada’s 14-day moving mean of caller cases decreased to 475 per time from 509 connected Tuesday. The two-week mean for fatalities held dependable astatine 7 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.

Of the state’s different intimately watched metrics, the state’s two-week trial positivity complaint was unchanged astatine 7.6 percent, portion the fig of radical successful Nevada hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases dropped to 725, 2 fewers than connected Monday.

As of Tuesday’s report, authorities information amusement that 56.99 percent of Nevadans 12 and older had been afloat vaccinated, compared to 56.28 percent successful Clark County. That fig fluctuates wide passim the state.

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

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