Clark County reports 296 new COVID-19 cases over two daysFree

Clark County reported 296 new COVID-19 cases over two days on Thursday but no new deaths.

The new cases push Clark County’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 9,204. Data was not available Wednesday due to problems as Clark County Public Health transitioned to a new database for managing COVID-19 cases.

The number of confirmed and suspect COVID-19 deaths held steady at 112 on Thursday. Nine deaths were reported on Tuesday.

Under its new system, Public Health has created separate categories for confirmed COVID-19 deaths and suspect COVID-19 deaths.

Confirmed deaths are people with a positive test and COVID-19 listed as a cause of death or as a contributing factor on a death certificate. Suspect deaths must occur within 60 days of a positive COVID-19 test, with COVID-19 not listed as a contributing factor on the death certificate but not ruled out.

The number of active cases was not available on Thursday, but Public Health reported 75 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 and five were hospitalized awaiting test results.