COVID-19 metrics for Clark County all over chart

Clark’s new cases dip; long-term measure up

Clark County recorded 1,003 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths over the preceding three days as metrics for the disease continued to paint a mixed picture of the direction of the outbreak, data posted Monday showed.

Updated figures from the Southern Nevada Health District for Friday through Sunday pushed totals for the county to 41,007 cases and 6,129 deaths from the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

New cases were slightly below the 14-day moving average when divided by three, while the longer-term measure jumped to 336 per day from 312 as of Friday.

Fatalities were below the twoweek average of five per day when divided by three. The average was unchanged from Friday.

The county’s test positivity rate, which tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who are found to be infected, declined by 0.1 percentage point from Friday’s report to 7 percent. The rate had risen over 13 straight daily updates before turning slightly lower on Saturday and Sunday, state data show.

Hospitalizations of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients stood at 553 as of Monday’s update, down by five from Friday.

The Nevada Hospital Association reported last week that the number of COVID-19 patients in the county had risen by nearly 16 percent since Nov. 2.

The state Department of Health and Human Services, meanwhile, reported 1,598 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths from Friday through Sunday.

Updated figures pushed state totals to 453,771 COVID-19 cases and 7,930 deaths, according to state data.

The state COVID-19 vaccination rate appeared to dip sharply on Monday, but only because of a change in the way the data is reported. As of Monday, vaccination figures include children in the 5-11 age bracket, who only became eligible for the shots early this month. Not surprisingly, Nevadans in this age group are not yet as vaccinated as those in other age groups.

As of Monday, the state data showed that 52 percent of the eligible population are considered fully vaccinated, versus 51.26 percent in Clark County.