Clark County’s key COVID-19 metrics all either lower or flat

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Clark County connected Tuesday reported 369 caller COVID-19 cases and 15 further deaths arsenic astir longer word metrics for the illness slid little oregon were flat.

Updated figures posted online by the Southern Nevada Health District pushed totals for the region to 341,619 confirmed cases and 6,145 deaths. That means that astir 1.8 percent of region residents who go sick from the illness caused by the caller coronavirus person died.

New cases were higher than the county’s two-week mean of 316 per day, portion the mean declined by 20 from Monday’s report, authorities information showed.

Fatalities were more-than triple the 14-day moving mean of 4 deaths per day, portion the mean was down 1 from the erstwhile day.

Hospitalization of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients stood astatine 553, unchanged from the erstwhile day. Out of the 144 patients successful intensive attraction units, 95 were connected ventilators, authorities information showed.

The county’s trial positivity rate, which tracks the percent of radical tested for COVID-19 who are recovered to beryllium infected, besides was unchanged astatine 7.0 percent.

All 4 cardinal COVID-19 metrics for the region person risen importantly since the opening of November, though the summation has slowed implicit the past week. While concerns stay that a wintertime surge of the illness could materialize, section and authorities nationalist wellness officials person not declared that the region is seeing a alleged “fifth wave” of the disease.

Data guide: COVID-19’s interaction connected Nevada

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.

Meanwhile, the authorities Department of Health and Human Services connected Tuesday reported 580 caller COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths during the erstwhile day.

That pushed totals successful Nevada to 454,351 cases and 7,953 deaths since the onset of the pandemic.

New cases were good supra the 14-day mean of 461 per day, portion deaths were much than triple the 14-day mean of 7 per day. The 14-day mean of caller cases per time declined by 14 per time from Monday’s report, portion the mean for fatalities was unchanged.

The state’s positivity complaint of 7.6 percent was 0.1 percent little than Monday.

The fig of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients successful Nevada hospitals stood astatine 701, up by 13 from the erstwhile day.

The authorities was expected to update guidance connected its disguise mandate aboriginal successful the day, with Esmeralda County apt to beryllium cleared to driblet its disguise mandate aft coming successful nether the thresholds acceptable by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successful back-to-back weeks.

All different counties are expected to stay nether the mandate arsenic they proceed to amusement a “high” hazard of transmission arsenic defined by the CDC.

State vaccination information showed Tuesday that 52.07 of eligible Nevadans 5 and older are vaccinated, somewhat supra the 51.30 percent for Clark County.

Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez astatine rtorres@reviewjournal.com. Follow him connected Twitter @rickytwrites.

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