Nevada public health officials on Monday reported 203 new cases of coronavirus and three additional deaths.
Updated figures from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services brought Nevada’s cumulative total to 296,393 cases and 5,040 deaths.
The two-week positivity rate, a key indicator of the disease that basically tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who were infected, remained unchanged from the previous day at 6.5 percent, according to state data. Nevada’s positivity rate has been dropping since mid-January, when it peaked at 21.6%.
The new cases were below the state’s 14-day moving average of 263 cases per day. In the same period, Nevada had an average of six deaths per day.
Health officials in many rural counties stopped working on weekends, often resulting in subpar numbers on weekends and Mondays, said the state’s COVID-19 response director.
The Nevada Hospital Association reported that the state is continuing a downward trajectory of hospitalizations due to COVID-19, according to a press release. The hospital association said that, as of Monday’s report, there were 343 people hospitalized with confirmed or suspected cases of the disease.
Meanwhile, in Clark County, officials reported 141 new cases, bringing the cumulative total to 228,806 cases. The three deaths reported to the state on Monday were in Clark County, bringing the local death toll to 3,934. Clark County counts are included in state totals.
The county’s two-week positivity rate remained unchanged from the previous day at 7.1 percent.
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