Clark County Public Health reported five new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday morning, one of the higher daily COVID-19 death rates since the pandemic arrived in the country in March.
There have been seven total confirmed and suspected deaths in the past two days.
Public Health also confirmed 97 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, meaning Clark County 2020 will end with 12,912 total COVID-19 cases and 144 confirmed and suspected deaths. Hundreds have also been admitted to hospital this year.
As of Thursday morning, there were 67 people admitted to the hospital and another five people admitted to the hospital awaiting the COVID-19 test results. The number rose by 15, from 52 patients Wednesday. The province has seen recent declines in the total number of cases, but there is still concern about the nails in cases of Christmas and New Year’s gatherings.
The high hospitalization numbers may also show increasing mortality rates in the coming days and weeks, similar to the influx of Thursday.
The five people who died Thursday all had underlying conditions. Two of the deaths were women 70 years and older; two of the deaths were women aged 80 and over; one of the deaths was an 80-year-old man or older. Four of the deaths were confirmed and one was a suspected death, meaning that COVID-19 is not listed as a contributing factor on the death certificate, but that it was not excluded and that the person died after the past 28 days tested positive for COVID.
There are 650 active COVID-19 cases as of Thursday morning.
Due to the New Year’s holidays, public health will not report any updates on COVID-19 until Monday.