Nevada reports 222 new coronavirus cases, death toll rises by 1
Nevada public health officials on Sunday reported 222 new coronavirus cases, while the death toll in the state rose by one.
The updated numbers from the state Department of Health and Human Services brought Nevada’s cumulative totals to 299,287 cases and 5,118 deaths.
New cases fell just below the two-week moving average of 229 per day. Over the same period, the state has averaged five deaths per day.
Health officials in many rural counties stopped working on weekends, affecting weekend reporting, Nevada’s COVID-19 response director has said.
The state’s two-week positivity rate, a key metric monitored by health officials, remained unchanged at 5.8 percent Sunday.
Meanwhile, Clark County’s 14-day positivity rate remained at 6.1 percent.
County officials reported 161 new cases Sunday, bringing the local total to 231,277. The county’s death toll decreased by one, leaving the total number of fatalities at 4,004. County tallies are included in statewide totals.
Southern Nevada Health District spokeswoman Jennifer Sizemore did not know why the death toll fell Sunday but said decreases are typically the result of officials finding duplicate reporting or determining someone who died was not from Clark County.
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