The data posted by the Department of Health and Human Services raised the state’s totals to 353,746 cases and 5,874 deaths.
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Updated data from the Department of Health and Human Services posted on the state’s coronavirus website showed 1,143 people hospitalized with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, a sharp increase of 97 from Monday’s report.
The record totals since the state halted weekend reporting in mid-April came as the state test positivity rate for the disease jumped to 13.5 percent.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 931 new coronavirus cases and 28 deaths over the preceding day — the latter a concerning number that was inflated by delayed reporting.
Nevada on Tuesday reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time in nearly six months as new data showed the delta variant strengthening.
The number of new cases was the highest three-day total since the state halted weekend reporting of COVID-19 data in mid-April.
The 938 new cases and more deaths were accompanied by another rise in the state’s COVID-19 test positivity rate.
Positivity rate also jumps sharply to 9.5 as deaths remain above two-week moving average.
Updated data posted by the state Department of Health and Human Services on the state’s coronavirus website pushed the state’s case total to 337,259.
Updated data posted by the state Department of Health and Human Services on the state’s coronavirus website pushed the state’s case total to 336,562.