The number of new COVID-19 cases in Clark County rebounded to triple digits in the preceding day and seven new deaths were recorded.
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The 12 new cases was the lowest overnight increase reported since the early days of the outbreak of the disease in Nevada. State numbers also were well below average.
The Southern Nevada Health District recorded 43 new COVID-19 cases in the county and eight additional deaths in the past day, according to data posted Friday.
Churchill Downs, Charles Town and Golden Gate Fields all are expected to begin running within the next week, all without fans in the stands and with strict health and safety protocols in place to protect track workers.
Clark County and the state of Nevada both reported triple-digit increases in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with the county also adding seven fatalities.
The jump in deaths was the biggest in the county in more than a week, matching the 12 new fatalities reported on April 28, according to Southern Nevada Health District data.
Both figures were well below the averages of the past week, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Tuesday.
Clark County recorded 137 additional COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths overnight, according to data posted early Monday by the Southern Nevada Health District.
The state reported 229 new COVID-19 cases early Friday — the biggest one-day increase in more than three weeks — but the surge appeared to be driven by a jump in testing.
We won’t be singing “My Old Kentucky Home” on Saturday, but racing fans will hardly be bereft on only the second opening Saturday in May in 146 years without a Kentucky Derby.
Another 88 cases of COVID-19 and six new fatalities were reported in Clark County over the past 24 hours, pushing the county death toll from the disease to 202.
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.
But the 115 new cases reported by the state and the 76 new cases in the county were below the averages seen over the past week.
New cases reported by the state and the Southern Nevada Health District were both well below the averages of the past week. Infection rates also have been creeping lower.
The new cases pushed the total number of cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the county to 3,443 and raised the death toll to 168.