Clark County reported 306 new coronavirus cases and 19 deaths Wednesday, continuing trends that have gone on for weeks and moving the county farther away from the peak of the omicron surge.
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Key COVID-19 metrics for Nevada are expected to rise over the holiday season, but it remains unclear how the omicron variant could alter the “impact and magnitude” of the surge.
Clark County on Tuesday reported 527 new coronavirus cases and 13 deaths during the preceding day, as hospitalizations continued to creep higher.
Nevada on Thursday reported 1,475 new coronavirus cases and 32 deaths as the state’s major COVID-19 metrics continued to provide mixed signals on the direction of the outbreak.
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The lower-three day tallies were accompanied by a slight decrease in the state’s test positivity rate.
New cases, hospitalizations and test positivity rate have risen steadily for more than a month and Clark County’s top health official says there is no sign the rise is slowing.
Gov. Steve Sisolak revealed Thursday that Nevada’s new COVID-19 vaccine incentive promotional program will provide $5 million in cash and prizes for eligible residents who have been vaccinated.
The state on Wednesday reported 363 new COVID-19 cases and four new deaths from the disease over the preceding day, with the test positivity rate unchanged at 3.5 percent.
The state Department of Health and Human Services also reported six additional deaths and a 0.2 percentage point rise in the test positivity rate to 5.7 percent.
Eligibility to receive COVID-19 vaccine has been extended to a new group in Clark County, and it’s not the 65- to 69-year-olds who have been waiting a month.
COVID-19 vaccine clinics scheduled for Wednesday in Nye and Lyon counties have been postponed due to delayed deliveries of vaccine doses.
Nevada on Tuesday reported 290 new coronavirus cases, the lowest single-day increase of cases in nearly five months, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 57 deaths from the disease over the preceding day, as 2,366 additional cases were below recent levels.
There were 716 new coronavirus cases reported in Nevada on Friday, along with nine additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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