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.
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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.