COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket in Clark County

Clark County connected Thursday reported 1,107 caller COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day summation successful astir 5 months, suggesting the omicron variant is rapidly spreading successful the region and state.

The past clip the Southern Nevada Health District reported much coronavirus cases successful the region was connected July 28, erstwhile it logged 1,160 cases. That occurred conscionable 1 time aft Gov. Steve Sisolak imposed a look disguise mandate successful indoor nationalist spaces to curb the surge of cases during the summer.

The 4 cardinal metrics for the illness caused by the caller coronavirus began to diminution successful Southern Nevada wrong weeks of the disguise mandate and continued to autumn until the opening of November, erstwhile they began to dilatory rise.

That gait remained comparatively dependable until this week, erstwhile caller cases abruptly spiked to levels not seen since the tallness of the summertime surge.

That followed intimately past week’s detection of the state’s first lawsuit of the more-contagious omicron variant. The authorities has present detected 11 omicron cases successful the state, 9 of them successful Clark County, a fig that apt represents lone the extremity of the iceberg since comparatively fewer trial samples are genetically sequenced to place the microorganism strain.

Thursday’s update showed that caller COVID-19 cases successful the region were much than treble the two-week moving mean of 429 per day, which accrued by 30 from 399 connected Wednesday, according to authorities data.

The county’s different COVID-19 metrics person not risen to the aforesaid grade arsenic caller cases, supporting aboriginal grounds suggesting omicron does not pb to arsenic galore superior cases requiring hospitalization oregon starring to decease arsenic the delta variant that preceded it. But the sheer numbers of caller cases means those figures besides are apt to emergence successful the weeks up and could strain section hospitals already facing staffing shortages.

On Thursday, for example, the wellness territory reported conscionable 2 deaths during the erstwhile day, beneath the two-week moving mean of 5 per day, which was unchanged from Wednesday.

The update pushed region totals to 356,965 cases and 6,415 deaths.

The fig of radical hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected cases of COVID-19 successful the region accrued by three, to 592, the authorities information showed.

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 0.1 percent constituent to 8.1 percent. That fig fell to a caller debased of 5.8 percent successful aboriginal November earlier opening to rise.

The state, meanwhile, reported 1,284 caller COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths during the preceding day. It was the highest single-day fig of caller cases reported by the Department of Health and Human Services since aboriginal October.

Updated figures posted by the section raised Nevada’s totals to 474,023 cases and 8,364 deaths.

Nevada’s 14-day moving mean of caller cases accrued to 533 per time from 504 connected Wednesday. The two-week mean for fatalities held dependable astatine six 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 state’s two-week trial positivity complaint held astatine 7.6 percent, portion the fig of radical successful Nevada hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases roseate to 678, 4 much than connected Wednesday.

As of Thursday’s report, authorities information amusement that 54.06 percent of eligible Nevadans 5 and older had been afloat vaccinated, compared with 53.35 percent successful Clark County.

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