Clark County’s COVID-19 test positivity rate continues to rise

Clark County connected Monday reported 954 caller COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths implicit the preceding 3 days arsenic its trial positivity complaint continued to climb.

Updated figures posted by the Southern Nevada Health District pushed totals for the region to 346,606 cases of the illness and 6,258 deaths.

The mean of caller cases from Friday done Sunday was 318 per day, good supra the two-week moving mean of 297 per day, according to authorities data. The longer-term mean was unchanged from Friday’s report.

Fatalities from the illness besides were good supra the 14-day moving mean of 4 per day, besides 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, stood astatine 7 percent connected Monday, 0.2 percent points higher than the 6.8 percent reported Friday.

The trial positivity rate, considered a starring indicator that typically moves earlier hospitalizations and deaths, has present climbed 1.2 percent points from its caller debased of 5.8 percent connected Nov. 3, the authorities information show.

Hospitalizations of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients successful the region stood astatine 522, 8 less than connected Friday, with 134 being treated successful intensive attraction units.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

The authorities Department of Health and Human Services, meanwhile, reported 1,522 caller COVID-19 cases and 40 deaths from Friday done Sunday.

Updated figures posted connected the state’s coronavirus website pushed pandemic totals to 461,479 confirmed cases and 8,110 deaths.

Divided by three, the 507 caller COVID-19 cases per time implicit the 3 days were good supra the two-week moving mean of 456 per day. The mean itself jumped by 39 per time from Friday.

Fatalities implicit the play were much than treble the two-week moving mean of six per day.

The authorities trial positivity complaint for the illness caused by the caller coronavirus stood astatine 7.4 percent connected Monday, up 0.1 percent constituent from Friday’s report.

The authorities reported 641 confirmed and suspected COVID-19 hospitalizations, 7 less than the full connected Friday.

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 percent of Nevadans considered vaccinated reached 52.95 percent of the eligible 5 and older group. That compares to a complaint of 52.22 percent successful Clark County.

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