Nevada recorded its highest total in a day of new cases of COVID-19 in almost a month, with 618 recorded the day before, according to state data published on Thursday.
The number was the highest since the state registered 813 new cases on February 13, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services published on the state’s coronavirus website. It was also well above the 14-day moving average of 234 new cases per day, state data showed.
The state also recorded 13 new deaths from the disease caused by the new coronavirus, which was also well above the 14-day moving average of five deaths per day.
The new report brought the state totals to 297,765 cases and 5,080 deaths.
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Despite the above average number of cases and deaths, the state’s positivity rate remained unchanged at 6.0 percent. The rate, which basically tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who are infected, has been steadily decreasing since the 22.7% peak on January 14.
State and local health agencies often redistribute data after reporting 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 better indicators of the direction of the outbreak. .
There were 347 people hospitalized in Nevada with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, 20 less than the day before, according to state data. Hospitalizations have been dropping since they peaked at 2,126 on December 22.
Meanwhile, the Southern Nevada Health District reported 541 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths in Clark County the day before.
This brought the total number of cases in the county to 229,956 and fatalities to 3,971.
The test’s positivity rate in the county continued its recent decline, dropping 0.2 percentage points to 6.4 percent.
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