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.
Clark County on Thursday reported 1,107 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day increase in nearly five months, suggesting the omicron variant is rapidly spreading.
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.
Former Nevada Democratic Congressman James Bilbray has died at 83, officials said Sunday.
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.
The daily update from the Department of Health and Human Services pushed the state’s case total to 326,366 and the death toll to 5,610.
The state is warning Nevadans about scammers trying to sell fake COVID-19 vaccination cards.