144 new coronavirus cases reported in Nevada on Saturday
State data showed 144 new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday.
As of Saturday afternoon, there were 6,051 cases throughout Nevada, according to a database maintained by the Review-Journal.
Five new deaths had been reported as of about 4 p.m. Saturday, for a total of 306, according to data posted online from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Southern Nevada Health District reported a total of 4,704 cases in Clark County and 256 people who had died, as of Saturday afternoon. The latest report, though, is marked with Friday’s date.
State data from the nvhealthresponse.nv.gov website includes a disclaimer that totals may be “artificially low” Saturday to Monday because of “limited weekend reporting.”
The number of reported cases may not align between state totals and county data, due to different reporting cycles by different agencies.
In Washoe County, 12 new cases were reported as of Saturday afternoon, for a total of 1,077, according to the Regional Information Center.
The positives throughout Nevada were derived from tests on 56,111 people, resulting in an infection rate of about 10.7 percent of those tested.
The infection rate has been declining steadily for several weeks as more people who are not seriously ill have been tested. Public health officials will keep a close eye on the rate in the coming weeks to see if the reopening of more businesses in Nevada causes an increase in new infections.
Also on Saturday, the Quad-County region reported a second death due to COVID-19. The man was a Carson City resident in his 60s and it’s unknown if he had underlying medical conditions, according to a statement from the Quad-County Emergency Operations Center.
The center also reported five new cases (three in Lyon County, one in Carson City and one in Douglas County), bringing the total number to 116.
Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Julie Wootton-Greener contributed to this report.
