After a week of decreases in major COVID-19 metrics, a public health official said Thursday that the current omicron-driven surge has peaked in Clark County.
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Clark County on Wednesday reported 2,540 new coronavirus cases and 35 deaths, as cases continued to drop but deaths and hospitalizations remained at high levels.
Clark County’s major COVID-19 metrics have dropped consistently for nearly a week, providing more evidence that the county has already hit the peak of the current surge.
COVID-19 data for Clark County on Thursday provided a mix of good and bad news, with the new cases registering a second straight decline as hospitalizations reached a new high.
Updated data for Clark County on Wednesday provided a glimmer of hope that the local wave may have crested, but public health officials cautioned that it’s too soon to tell.
The number of people with COVID-19 in Clark County hospitals has exceeded the highs seen during last winter’s surge, and key metrics suggest the disease has not yet peaked.
Omicron now accounts for 92 percent of cases in Clark County, according to data from the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday the state had ordered more than a half million at-home COVID-19 tests.
An increasing number of sick employees and an continuing rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations have extended a staffing crisis in Southern Nevada hospitals for a second week.
The Southern Nevada Health District also reported 27 deaths in the county over the preceding day, a figure likely inflated by the lack of reporting over the weekend.
More than one in five residents have now tested positive in both measures as omicron tightens its grip.
Hospitalizations are rising at the same time large numbers of health care workers are getting ill and missing work, the Nevada Hospital Association said Wednesday.
Clark County’s COVID-19 test positivity rate blew past the peak of the summer surge of the disease, according to state and local data posted Tuesday.
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