Clark County reports 76 new COVID-19 cases, 12 more deaths

The number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Clark County and Nevada rebounded slightly overnight, according to data published Tuesday.

The Southern Nevada Health District reported 76 new cases in the county, bringing the total caseload to 3,793. The figure was higher than the 52 new cases reported Monday, but below the average of 95 for the last week.

The district estimates that 2,414 of those patients have recovered.

A dozen more deaths also were reported for the county, pushing the death toll to 186

The state Department of Health and Human Services, meanwhile, reported 115 new cases for the state, bringing the total to 4,805, according to state data.

The number of deaths in the state grew by six, to 225. Total caseload for the state was derived from tests on 40,119 people, resulting in an infection rate of just below 12 percent. That number is likely elevated because the seriously ill and people who have had close contact with a diagnosed victim are more likely to be tested amid the ongoing shortage of testing supplies.

The number of new cases rose from 88 reported on Monday and 63 on Sunday, but was still lower than the average of 124 new cases over the past week.

The infection rate of 11.98 percent was the lowest since April 21.

In other developments Tuesday:

— Washoe County authorities reported 14 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death. The new cases pushed the total in Nevada’s second-most-populous county to 834. The county says 297 of those patients have recovered. The death, that of a woman in her 40s with underlying health conditions, brought the county death toll to 29.

— Four more workers at the Allegiant Stadium project in Las Vegas have developed COVID-19, the joint venture leading construction of the $2 billion project announced. The new cases brought the total cases among construction workers at the site to seven.

— Roy Horn, half of the Strip’s Siegfried and Roy magic act, has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the duo’s public relations representative confirmed. Dave Kirvin of Kirvin Doak Communications said the 75-year-old Horn, who was badly injured by a tiger during the act in October 2003, is “currently responding well to treatment.”

— The Metropolitan Police Department reported two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of positive employees in the department to 19. The department has tested 177 employees with 150 negative results and eight pending tests.

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