NEW: Nevadas COVID-19 cases over 1,600 with 21 deaths heading into the weekend – KLAS – 8 News Now

September 11, 2021

Below is thefull COVID-19 report for Thursday, Sept. 9

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) Nevada reports more than 1,600 new COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths in data released today.

The higher number of cases 1,652 statewide, including 802 in Clark County came as the states test positivity rate remained at 12.2%. Clark Countys test positivity dropped slightly, from 10.2% to 10.1%.

Nevadas 21 deaths included 14 from Clark County.

Most of the other COVID-19 measurements were close to where they were yesterday.

The Nevada Hospital Association reported this week that staffing is on alert status throughout the state, and the number of hospitalized patients is growing in Northern Nevada.

All but three counties were flagged for exceeding state COVID-19 standards in at least two out of three categories, and the entire state is back under a mask mandate.

Nevada continues to be labeled a place with high COVID-19 transmission and Clark County remains an area of concern,according to anupdated White House report. The county wasfirst labeled a sustained hot spot on July 5.

Almost all of Nevada is labeled as a high transmission area, and it is now one of 39 listed as high transmission states. The CDC is using cases per 100,000 over the past seven days to determine high transmission.

There are 158.7 new cases reported per 100,000 every seven days in Clark County,according to the Southern Nevada Health District.

Nevadas case count grew by 1,652 over the past day, 802 in Clark County about 48% of the state total. The states total cases are now at 401,901. Clark County has a total of 309,977.Its important to note thatthe state no longer updates the dashboard on the weekendor holidays, which may be why Monday and Tuesday reports show higher case and death totals.

Nevadas test positivity rate is at 12.2%, unchanged from the previous day. It fell below 5.0%, the World Health Organizations goal, on May 17 and climbed above it on June 28. Clark Countys rate has fallen to 10.1%, down from 10.2% reported the previous day.

Of the 21 additional COVID-19-related deaths, 14 were from Clark County. Southern Nevada now accounts for 5,339 of the states 6,702 deaths. The 14-day rolling average is 11 deaths per day.

As of Sept. 2, the health district reports there are 112 breakthrough deaths.

As of yesterday, a total of 4,141,324 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Nevada, with an increase of 13,515 in the past day.

*NOTE: Daily lab data from DHHS and SNHD reports is updated every morning for theprevious day.

July 6 was the first time since March 3 that Clark County had been flagged for elevated disease transmission(A county is flagged for elevated disease transmission if it meets two or three of the above criteria). In todays report, Clark remains flagged, along with Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Storey, and Washoe counties.

Clark Countys case rate (766 per 100,000 over the past 30 days) and test positivity rate (10.1%) are flagged in data reported today. Testing (305 tests per day per 100,000) is within the states acceptable range.

Thestates health department reports2,980,075 dosesof the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Nevada,as of Sept. 9.

As of today, more than 53% of Nevadans currently eligible for the vaccine are fully vaccinated, and 62% of the eligible population has initiated vaccinations. Clark County reports that 52% of its eligible residents are fully vaccinated.

NOTE: The state is not updating hospitalization dataonweekendsor holidays.

According to the statesDepartment of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the number of hospitalized patients in Nevada wasDOWN (-10) in the past day.

The current number of hospitalizations is1,105 confirmed/suspected cases. Hospitals reported 281 of those patients were in intensive care units, and 191 were on ventilators.To give some perspective, the state set a record high for hospitalized patients on Dec. 13 with 2,025 cases.

In the Nevada Hospitalizations most recent report, staffing alerts are in place for all Nevada medical facilities. Thats just one step below crisis level.

Staffing has been elevated to an alert and, as we are on the verge of flu season, hospitals have limited ability to deal with a surge of patients (all-cause). Augmentation staffing in the form of traveling nurses is essentially nonexistent at this time, according to the report.

NHA sets alert status when immediate mitigation methods are required to keep the hospital system operational.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are climbing in Northern Nevada and rural areas.

COVID-19 hospitalizations represent upwards of 20-25% of all patients hospitalized in the northern and rural areas with some variation by the facilities. The overwhelming majority of these patients are unvaccinated, driving some hospitals to publish pleas within their neighborhoods and communities to get vaccinated, according to NHA.

NHA says staffing shortages are resulting in ambulance delays at hospitals, difficulties discharging or placing patients in a skilled nursing facility, and delayed or canceled procedures.

The number of people who have recovered from the virus in Southern Nevada continues to increase. The latest county update estimates a total of 293,044 recovered cases; thats 94.5% of all reported cases in the county, according toSNHDs latest report.

The health district providesa daily map with the number of positive tests in each ZIPcodein Clark County.

Nevadareopened to 100% capacity on June 1and social distancing guidelines lifted, helping the state return to mostly pre-pandemic times, with some exceptions.

The CDC reversed course on July 27, saying fully vaccinated Americans in areas with substantial and high transmission should wear masks indoors when in public as COVID-19 cases rise. Most of Nevada falls into those two risk categories.

Nevada said it would adopt the CDCs guidance with the new mask guidelinethat went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on July 30. Thisoverrides Clark Countys employee mask mandate, which went into effect in mid-July.

On Aug. 16, Gov. Sisolak signed a new directivethat allows fully vaccinated attendees at large gatherings to remove their masks, but only if the venue chooses to require everyone in attendance to provide proof of vaccination. Those who have just one shot and are not fully vaccinated would still be allowed to attend, as would children under 12, but both would need to wear masks.

Masks still must be worn when required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules and regulations, including local businesses and workplace guidance.

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