Nevada recorded more than the average number of new coronavirus cases and deaths on Friday, but state data shows that all major COVID-19 statistics have been declining gradually for more than a month now.
Updated figures from the Department of Health and Human Services published on the state’s coronavirus website showed 420 new cases of coronavirus and 26 additional deaths during the previous day. This brought cumulative totals in the state to 290,300 cases and 4,831 deaths.
The moving average of 14 days of daily reported cases decreased to 410 on Friday, slightly lower than the daily total, according to state data. The rate has fallen steadily since reaching a peak of 2,065 on January 15th.
New deaths were also higher than the 14-day moving average of 14 days from 13. But according to the data, the average has dropped since it peaked at 39 from January 10 to January 15.
Both the state and provincial health agencies regularly redistribute data after it is reported to better reflect the date of death or the onset of symptoms, therefore the moving average trend lines may differ from the daily reports and are considered better indicators of the direction of the outbreak. .
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Another important measure, the two-week rate of positivity of the state, continued to decline and, according to state data, fell by 0.6 percentage points in the daily report to 10.7 percent. The rate, which essentially measures the percentage of people tested confirmed to have COVID-19, is now less than half the highest rate of 21.6 percent on January 13th.
The hospitalizations of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 are also declining, with the 670 beds listed in Friday’s data, with 28 lower than the previous day and just over a third of the 1,727 patients receiving a was admitted to hospital a month ago, according to state information.
Despite the encouraging signs, government officials remain vigilant to see how the relaxation of some COVID-19 restrictions this week by Governor Steve Sisolak and public behavior will affect the benchmarks.
Caleb Cage, the state’s COVID-19 response director, said in a virtual newsletter on Friday that Nevadans should not become complacent about safety measures, noting that previous declines in the benchmarks were followed by increases that wiped out and exceeded profits.
“We need to make sure people do not become relaxed about the mitigation measures,” Cage said. “We have to make sure people keep wearing masks – that’s why the governor kept the mandate for the whole mask in place. We need to make sure people are serious about washing their hands, about social distance, about all that stuff. ”
“We also need to make sure that our local partners put in place serious plans and mitigation measures after May 1 to make sure we do not increase the spread of the virus after the transition,” Cage said. a provision of Sisolak’s plan that would bring back control of most virus mitigation efforts to local jurisdictions.
Clark County has meanwhile recorded 336 new cases of coronavirus and 25 additional deaths during the previous day, according to information published on the coronavirus website of the Southern Nevada District of Health. The updated figures bought a total of 223,960 cases and 3,749 deaths in the country.
The province’s two-week positivity rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points and reached 12 percent according to state data – 1.3 percentage points higher than for the state as a whole.
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