Nevada sets record high 2-week positivity rate for coronavirus cases

Las Vegas Review-Journal

3 years ago

A COVID-19 test is shown on the first day of testing operation at the Stan Fulton Building at U ... — A COVID-19 test is shown on the first day of testing operation at the Stan Fulton Building at UNLV Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Clark County and University Medical Center are operating the site in partnership with the Nevada National Guard, UNLV and University Police Services. The testing operation was relocated from the Thomas & Mack Center. The site will operate 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. It is closed Fridays and Saturdays. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

State officials on Sunday reported 2,511 new coronavirus cases, 14 deaths and a record high two-week positivity rate.

Nevada’s positivity rate, calculated over a two-week period, rose to 21 percent. On Saturday, the state reported that the two-week positivity rate reached a record 20.6 percent. The state has been reporting the statistic since mid-October.

The added positive tests, reported by the state Department of Health and Human Services, brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the Nevada since the outbreak began to 168,139. Total deaths increased to 2,315.

Those updates came one day after Nevada broke a number of grim records, including the highest number of new cases in a day, most deaths in a week and the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The state logged 3,194 cases and 29 deaths on Saturday.

There were 1,753 new cases and two more deaths reported in Clark County on Sunday, according to state data. The new figures brought county totals to 127,819 cases and 1,852 deaths.

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