Clark County’s case rate per 100,000 people, another key CDC metric, also increased this week from 86.07 to 110.69.
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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.
State official makes comparison as new coronavirus cases continue to soar in the county, which reported 2,366 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.
Clark County on Wednesday reported 2,201 new coronavirus cases — the largest single-day increase in nearly a year.
While some other counties in Nevada are making progress toward exiting the state’s face mask mandate, metrics for Clark County have been moving in the wrong direction.
CDC data showed that Clark County had a case rate of 139.54 per 100,000 people, a slight increase from a week earlier but still significantly short of the number needed to exit the mask mandate.
A long line of people extended far outside the Cashman Center vaccine center, but a spokesman said the suspension of the Johnson & Johnson product was not responsible.
For the first time in over a year, 9-year-old Hailey Cuthbert looked up adoringly at her great-grandmother, Ellie Levi, on Wednesday in Summerlin.
As Nevada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout expanded to new occupations, the Cashman Center on Tuesday experienced long lines and wait times of over an hour.
The Las Vegas Fire Department helped administer over 250 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday at the Mexican General Consulate.