Nevada is approaching another milestone in its war with the coronavirus, as nearly a third of all adult Nevadans have received at least one injection of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to state data published on Friday.
Across the state, 779,415 residents – or 32.6 percent of Nevada’s approximately 2.39 million adults – received at least one injection, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
And 437,471 of them – about 18.3 percent – completed their vaccine doses, meaning they received a single dose injection from Johnson & Johnson or both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. This compares to a 17.9% completion rate in Clark County, the data shows.
Adult populations in the state and county, which the Review-Journal calculated using the 2019 US Census Bureau estimates, are not considered for eligible 16- and 17-year-olds who may have received an injection in Nevada.
Currently Nevadans 16-64 with underlying diseases are among those eligible for the vaccine. As of April 5, all Nevadans aged 16 and over will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
During a call with reporters on Friday, Candice McDaniel, a state vaccine officer, again asked Nevadans to be patient when eligibility is open, as not everyone will be able to receive an injection immediately.
“While we expect an increase in allocation, especially in the week of April 5 with the manufacture of additional products from Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), it obviously still won’t be the exact amount we need to vaccinate everyone else who is waiting,” he said. McDaniel.
Meanwhile, state data showed that there were 445 new cases of coronaviruses reported in Nevada on Friday, along with 11 additional deaths.
Accumulated totals increased to 302,616 cases and 5,226 deaths.
The new cases were well above the 14-day moving average of cases reported daily, which remained at 193.
Deaths were also well above the two-week moving average of daily recorded fatalities, which remained at four.
Both averages, however, maintain the downward trend that started in mid-January.
State and municipal health agencies often redistribute daily data after it is reported to better reflect the date of death or onset of symptoms, which is why the moving average trend lines often differ from daily reports and are considered to be better indicators of the direction of the outbreak.
The state’s two-week positivity rate, which basically tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who were infected, remained stable at 4.5 percent.
On Friday, there were 275 people hospitalized in Nevada with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, two more than the day before, state data show.
Although hospitalizations fluctuate day by day, totals have been declining along with other disease metrics since January.
Clark County reported on Friday 366 additional cases of coronavirus, along with nine new deaths, according to data published on the Southern Nevada Health District coronavirus website.
The county’s two-week positivity rate fell below the state average after a 0.1 percentage point decrease, reaching 4.4 percent, state data show.
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