Clark County sees 98 new COVID-19 cases, 10 more deaths

Clark County recorded 98 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths in the past 24 hours, according to data posted Wednesday by the Southern Nevada Health District.

The new cases pushed the total reported cases for the county to 3,891, and the fatalities pushed the county toll to 196.

The number of new cases was the highest in four days and slightly above the average of 95 cases per day over the past week.

Deaths from the disease caused by the new coronavirus also have climbed by double digits the last two days after a three-day streak from Friday through Sunday with no new deaths reported.

Meanwhile, Nevada recorded 93 new COVID-19 cases overnight, below the average daily total of 117 new cases over the last week, according to new state data.

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The new cases reported by the state Department of Health and Human Services pushed the total confirmed cases in the state to 4,898.

Total caseload for the state was derived from tests on 41,028 people, resulting in an infection rate of 11.94 percent. That figure is likely elevated as the seriously ill and people who have had direct contact with a diagnosed patient are more likely to be tested amid an ongoing shortage of testing supplies in the state.

In an update later in the day, the state raised the statewide death toll to 237, though reports from local health districts and other authorities placed the figure at 231.

In other developments Wednesday:

■ Authorities in Washoe County announced 14 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The new cases brought the total in Nevada’s second-most-populous county to 848, of whom 321 have recovered, according to the county’s Regional Information Center. The fatality, that of a man in his 70s with underlying health conditions, raised the county’s death toll to 30.

■ The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada announced that an employee who works in the technical equipment department at one of the agency’s bus yards had developed COVID-19. The employee worked within the bus maintenance facility and did not interact with the public, the agency said. The agency had previously reported four other employees of agency contractors had contracted the disease, including two bus drivers who plied the Strip.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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