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Clark County’s COVID-19 trial positivity complaint blew past the highest of the summertime surge of the disease, according to authorities and section information posted Tuesday.
The county’s 14-day trial positivity complaint stood astatine 17.7 percent connected Tuesday, an summation of 3.6 percent points from Monday and supra the 15.9 percent that marked the highest of the summertime question connected Aug. 8.
The jump, a 19.6 percent summation successful a azygous day, added to grounds that the region is experiencing unprecedented maturation of COVID-19 arsenic the omicron variant spreads done the community.
The region besides reported 1,936 caller COVID-19 cases during the preceding day, pushing the full to 379,454 cases caused by the caller coronavirus, according to information posted by the Southern Nevada Health District.
It besides reported 38 caller deaths, though that fig apt included fatalities from the preceding 4 days, since the wellness territory has not been reporting immoderate deaths implicit the play since precocious November.
New cases were supra the two-week moving average, which accrued by 22 to 1,695. Deaths besides were good supra the two-week average, which roseate from 2 to three.
Deaths person not been rising astatine the aforesaid complaint arsenic the county’s different COVID-19 metrics, lending credence to aboriginal grounds suggesting that portion omicron is much contagious than erstwhile variants, it typically does not effect successful arsenic precocious a complaint of superior complications.
Hospitalization numbers, however, person been expanding successful caller days, prompting officials to pass that infirmary capacities whitethorn beryllium stretched astir the authorities if the inclination continues. The fig of radical with confirmed oregon suspected cases of COVID-19 successful the region held dependable astatine 890, aft a important leap implicit the weekend.
Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada
With metrics rapidly heading successful the incorrect direction, the region is present a agelong mode from exiting Gov. Steve Sisolak’s disguise mandate.
While the region tracks astir of its COVID-19 metrics utilizing a 14-day moving average, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s transmission hazard classification system, connected which the authorities disguise mandate is based, uses a seven-day average.
As of Tuesday afternoon, it showed an mean of 345.30 caller cases per 100,000 residents implicit the erstwhile 7 days, a crisp summation from 273.26 astatine this clip past week. Both figures are successful the “high” hazard of transmission class nether the CDC system.
The 2nd cardinal COVID-19 metric utilized to find erstwhile a region tin exit the disguise mandate is the trial positivity rate.
Using the CDC’s seven-day average, the complaint stood astatine 21.31 percent connected Tuesday, besides successful the “high” hazard class for that metric.
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 nether 50 per 100,000 residents and a seven-day trial positivity complaint beneath 8 percent — metrics considered arsenic posing a “moderate” oregon “low” hazard of transmission by the CDC.
State officials were expected to update Nevada’s disguise guidelines connected Tuesday afternoon.
State numbers proceed parallel rise
The state, meanwhile, reported 2,529 caller coronavirus cases and 40 deaths implicit the preceding day, bringing totals posted by the authorities Department of Health and Human Services to 499,613 cases and 8,468 deaths.
New cases were good supra the two-week moving average, which accrued by 16 to 1,896. The two-week moving mean of regular fatalities accrued from 3 to four.
Test positivity complaint besides saw a crisp summation astatine the authorities level, rising 3.2 percent points to 15.8 percent. The fig of radical hospitalized with confirmed oregon suspected COVID-19 cases roseate by 59 to 1,065.
County numbers are included successful the statewide totals.
As of Tuesday’s report, authorities information showed that 54.60 of Nevadans 5 and older were afloat vaccinated, compared with 53.92 percent successful Clark County.
This is simply a processing story. Check backmost for updates.
Contact Jonah Dylan astatine jdylan@reviewjournal.com. Follow @TheJonahDylan connected Twitter.
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