Both Clark County and the state of Nevada set new records for reported COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period on Thursday, with the former announcing 1,315 new cases and the state adding 1,447 cases.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced the new total on its coronavirus website, as well as five additional deaths. The new figures brought the total number of cases for the county to 26,926 and increased the death toll to 507. The district estimates 18,447 of those who contracted the virus caused by the new coronavirus.
New cases were well above the daily average of just over 783 in the prior week, while deaths were slightly below the daily average of just under six for the period.
The district also reported 28 new hospitalizations the previous day, slightly above the daily average of just over 24 during the previous week.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Health and Human Services reported its new figures on its website nvhealthresponse.nv.gov, increasing Nevada’s total cases to 31,915 and increasing the death toll to 626.
New cases were well above the daily average of 881 during the previous week, while deaths were slightly below the daily average of just over nine for the period.
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The state also reported that 806 people with confirmed COVID-19 infections and 245 suspected cases were hospitalized in the state, for a total of 1,051.
The state infection rate or positivity, which public health experts say is a better barometer of the outbreak trend in Nevada, registered its eighth consecutive daily increase to reach 8.64 percent.
The rate, the number of confirmed cases divided by the number of people tested, decreased for more than two months before reaching a low of 5.20 percent on June 17. It has increased every day except one since then.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
An earlier version of this article had an incorrect date for the low point in the state infection rate.
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