Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
Nevada adds 371 coronavirus cases, 37 deaths
Positivity rate dropped again, to 10.2 percent
Nevada on Saturday reported 371 new coronavirus cases and 37 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The updated figures posted to the states’s coronavirus website raised cumulative totals to 290,671 cases and 4,868 deaths.
The new cases are slightly below the moving 14-day average of daily reported cases, which dropped to 386 on Saturday.
Deaths, however, were well above the moving two-week average of 14 daily reported fatalities, state data shows. But like the new cases average, the rate has been falling since mid-January.
Both the state and county health agencies often redistribute data after it is reported to better reflect the date of death or onset of symptoms, which is why the moving-average trend lines can differ from daily reports and are considered better indicators of the direction of the outbreak.
This week has also had the lowest number of fatalities reported in seven days since late November. There have been 174 deaths reported this week, compared with 108 deaths reported from Nov. 22-28, according to records maintained by the Review-Journal.
The state’s positivity rate, which essentially measures the percentage of people tested who are confirmed to have COVID-19, also continued to drop. The rate decreased by 0.5 percentage point from the day prior, reaching 10.2 percent.
The number of people hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases decreased by 31 on Saturday, to 639, state data shows. Although hospitalization data can fluctuate daily, totals have been trending down since January.
Clark County on Saturday reported 267 new cases and 29 additional deaths, according to data posted to the Southern Nevada Health District’s coronavirus website. Cumulative totals in the county rose to 224,227 cases and 3,778 deaths.
The county’s two-week positivity rate declined by 0.5 percentage point, reaching 11.5 percent — 1.3 percentage points higher than for the state as a whole, according to state data.
As of Saturday, there have been 646,450 COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped to Nevada, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are 236,336 people who have only received the first dose and 157,477 people who have received both doses.