Clark County reported 81 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths Wednesday as case totals and hospitalizations continued to surge, according to Clark County Public Health.
The 81 new cases bring the county’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 5,164 to date, according to Public Health.
There have been 363 new cases reported since Friday, for an average of about 73 new cases per day. The average number of cases last week was about 56 per day. The week before, the average was about 43 per day, according to Public Health data.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 dipped slightly to 33 but the number of people hospitalized awaiting test results surged to 17 on Wednesday, according to Public Health. The number of active cases, with people still in their isolation period, rose from 255 on Tuesday to 267 on Wednesday.
The number of deaths from COVID-19 held steady at 71. The last death was reported Tuesday, according to Public Health.
Public Health data released this week showed that people in their 20s and 30s accounted for the largest number of new COVID-19 cases for the seven days that ended Monday, with 81 and 80 cases, respectively.
People in their 40s had the next highest number of new cases last week, with 77, followed by people in their 50s, 66 cases; people ages 10-19, 40 new cases; people in their 60s, 38 cases; people in their 70s, 27 cases; people age 80 or older, 13 new cases; and children younger than 10, 11 new cases, according to Public Health.
The largest week-over-week gain in cases was among people in their 70s (up 80 percent), followed by people in their 30s (up 54 percent) and people in their 50s (up 43 percent). The overall increase from the previous week for all age groups was 28 percent.
Additional demographic data is reported on Clark County Public Health’s website.
