The county’s test positivity rate continued to climb from Friday through Sunday and now stands at 7 percent. Other metrics were flat to lower.
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The fatalities surpassed the 29 reported on July 31 and on Friday to set a mark for the biggest single-day increase in the death toll since the outbreak began.
Wednesday’s report marked the fourth time in the last five days the county has seen a daily increase of at least 500 cases.
The Nevada figure was a one-day record for the outbreak, while the 317 new cases in Clark County marked the second time this week the county total surpassed 300.
New cases were above the daily average of slightly above 200 over the preceding week, while the death was below the daily average.
Clark County reported 105 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death over the preceding day, according to data posted Friday by the Southern Nevada Health District.
Clark County reported 61 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths over the preceding day, according to data posted Wednesday.
Clark County recorded 44 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths over the preceding day as the hospitalization rate from the disease continued to decline, data posted Tuesday showed.
Clark County recorded 114 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths over the preceding day, according to data posted Wednesday.
The new cases brought the total for the county to 5,463, while the death toll remained unchanged at 296, according to data posted by the Southern Nevada Health District.
The Southern Nevada Health District said cases that had no hospital discharge data listed were erroneously reported as having been discharged the same day they were admitted.
Clark County saw a second straight triple-digit increase in new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths, according to data from the Southern Nevada Health District.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Clark County rebounded to triple digits in the preceding day and seven new deaths were recorded.
The Southern Nevada Health District recorded 43 new COVID-19 cases in the county and eight additional deaths in the past day, according to data posted Friday.
Clark County and the state of Nevada both reported triple-digit increases in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with the county also adding seven fatalities.