Nevada reports 1,414 new coronavirus cases, 23 deaths
Nevada logged 1,414 new coronavirus cases and 23 additional deaths over the preceding day, according to state data posted on Monday.
The updated numbers from the state Department of Health and Human Services brought the state’s case total since the pandemic reached Nevada early March to 233,032. The death toll reached 3,206.
New cases were about half of the 2,747 new cases reported on Sunday and slightly lower than the 14-day rolling average of 1,680 cases. Fatalities were were above the daily average of 19 deaths per day over the same period.
Nevada’s two-week positivity rate — one of the key indicators health officials monitor — decreased to 20 percent, down from 21.1 percent the previous day.
Hospitalizations of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients increased by 50 over the preceding day to 1,879, the state data show.
The state is experiencing what the Nevada Hospital Association described as a “plateau” of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
In Southern Nevada, 80 percent of staffed hospital beds and 79 percent of intensive care beds were occupied, according to the hospital association.
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Nevada officials say public health labs and testing sites could soon face a possible post-holiday surge as people return from holiday gatherings.
After lines outside testing centers in the Las Vegas area stretched more than a mile on Monday morning, State COVID-19 response director Caleb Cage said that tests reported from a day earlier were slightly down, but warned that it was possible that demand for the tests will spike as people return from the holidays and settle back into their routines — a pattern the laboratories processing tests experienced after Thanksgiving.
Cage has long stressed the need to look at data over at least a 14-day period, to account for daily fluctuations including weekend testing and processing lags.
Meanwhile, Clark County added 1,140 new coronavirus cases and 11 deaths over the preceding day. The update brought the county’s case total 176,731 and the death toll in the county to 2,424.
County numbers are included in the statewide totals.
Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
