Clark County recorded seven new deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the pandemic’s local death toll this week to 15, according to Clark County Public Health.
Public Health reported 273 new cases on Friday, bringing the total number of cases in Clark County 10,630 since the pandemic began in March. The county has been averaging about 178 new cases a day since late last week, according to Public Health data.
The number of active and potentially contagious cases in Clark County rose to 1,045, counting people with COVID-19 who were still in their isolation period.
The seven deaths reported Friday bring the total number of deaths from COVID-19 to 127, according to Public Health.
The agency announced Friday that it had made adjustments to its death data to reflect changes made by the Washington State Department of Health.
Those changes did not affect the increase reported Friday but rather how previous cases were classified, according to Public Health. Six deaths previously considered “suspect” have been confirmed, and one death previously announced as confirmed has been removed from the count pending finalization of the death certificate.
Friday’s seven new deaths included four confirmed deaths and three suspect deaths, according to Public Health. Details about those who died and whether or not they had underlying conditions was not available.
A death is counted as “suspect” if COVID-19 is not listed as a contributing factor on the death certificate but wasn’t ruled out as cause of death, and that the person had tested positive for COVID-19 within 28 days of their death.
A confirmed death is when COVID-19 is listed as cause of death or contributing factor on the death certificate and the case has a positive COVID-19 test.
There were 41 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Clark County and 10 hospitalized awaiting test results, according to Public Health.
