Data from the Department of Health and Human Services increased the positive rate of coronavirus in Nevada for the fourth day in a row.
The positivity rate, which mainly follows how many people tested for COVID-19 were infected with the virus, rose 0.2 percentage points to 4.7 percent, according to information published on the state’s coronavirus website. The rate gradually dropped to a low of 4 percent for almost three months before starting to rise on Monday.
The two-week positive rate in Clark County also rose 0.2 percentage points to 4.5 percent.
The state also recorded 386 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, along with five more deaths. Total in the state has risen to 306,315 cases and 5,313 deaths since the pandemic began.
The new cases reported on Thursday remained well above the two-week moving average of the daily recorded cases, which remained at 203. Deaths were slightly above the two-week moving average of three daily recorded deaths.
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Along with the positivity rate, both cases and deaths have been steadily declining since at least mid-January, along with other disease measures, although government officials noted last week that the downward trend seemed.
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State and county health institutions regularly redistribute the daily data after it has been reported to better reflect the date of death or onset of symptoms, therefore the moving average trend lines often differ from daily reports and are considered better indicators of the direction of outbreak.
There were 341 people hospitalized in Nevada with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Thursday’s report, which is 25 more than the previous day, according to state data.
Clark County reported 353 new cases of coronavirus and four additional deaths, according to updated figures posted on the Coronavirus website in southern Nevada.
The cumulative totals for the country rose to 236,483 cases and 4,161 deaths.
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