Both Clark County and the state of Nevada set new records for reported COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period on Thursday with the former announcing 1,315 new cases and the state adding 1,447 cases.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced the new total on its coronavirus website as well as five additional deaths. The new figures brought the case total for the county to 26,926 and raised the death toll to 507. The district estimates that 18,447 of those who contracted the virus caused by the new coronavirus.
New cases were far above the daily average of just over 783 for the preceding week, while deaths were slightly below the daily average of just under six for the period.
The district also reported 28 new hospitalizations over the preceding day, slightly above the daily average of just over 24 for the preceding week.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Health and Human Services reported its new figures on its nvhealthresponse.nv.gov website, pushed Nevada’s case total to 31,915 and raised the death toll to 626.
New cases were well above the daily average of 881 over the preceding week while deaths were slightly below the daily average of just over nine for the period.
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The state also reported 806 people with confirmed COVID-19 infections and 245 suspected cases were hospitalized in the state, for a total of 1,051.
The state infection or positivity rate, which public health experts say is a better barometer of the trend of the outbreak in Nevada, registered its eighth straight daily increase to reach 8.64 percent.
The rate, the number of confirmed cases divided by the number of people tested, declined for more than two months before hitting a low of 5.20 percent on June 17. It has risen every day but one since then.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
A previous version of this article had an incorrect date for the low point in the state infection rate.
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