State reports 716 new virus cases

Two-week positive rate is increasine

Another 716 cases of the coronavirus were reported in Nevada on Friday, along with nine additional deaths, according to state data.

The updated data posted to the Department of Health and Human Services’ website brought totals in the state to 88,685 cases and 1,707 deaths.

The state’s positivity rate, which is calculated by the Review-journal as total cases divided by the number of people who have been tested, reached 11.86 percent on Friday. The rate, which started decreasing in late summer, has been slowly rising again since mid-september.

There have been 747,671 people in Nevada tested since the start of the pandemic, according to the state data.

The state health department, which updated its coronavirus website this week, has begun reporting the average test positivity rate from the past two weeks, which is based on the number of tests performed. The rate was

8.4 percent on Friday.

The two-week testing positive rate has also been increasing

since mid-september, when it was recorded at 6.5 percent, state data shows.

There were 583 additional coronavirus cases reported in

Clark County on Friday, along with

seven more deaths.

The updated data raised totals in the county to 73,737 cases and 1,468 deaths, according to the Southern Nevada Health District’s website.

L.E. Baskow Las Vegas Review-journal @Left_eye_images Jose Tirana conducts a COVID-19 test on a patient at Sahara West Urgent Care & Wellness in June. The state’s two-week testing positive rate has been increasing.