Clark County reported 264 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths Thursday as the county’s total case count passed 6,000 only nine days after passing the 5,000-case mark.
Clark County Public Health was closed on Veterans Day and did not release data. The new cases from Wednesday and Thursday push Clark County’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 6,047. There have been 719 cases reported so far this week, for an average of about 120 new cases per day.
The first COVID-19 case was reported March 7. Case totals passed 1,000 on July 6 (a gap of 121 days); 2,000 on Aug. 7 (32 days); 3,000 on Sept. 15 (39 days); 4,000 on Oct. 14.(29 days); and 5,000 on Nov. 3 (20 days); and 6,000 today (nine days).
The number of active COVID-19 cases, people still in their isolation period, rose from 349 on Tuesday to 428 on Thursday, according to Public Health.
Hospitalizations rose. There are 45 people hospitalized in Clark County with COVID-19 and 10 people hospitalized awaiting test results, according to Public Health.
As of Thursday, 73.4 percent of Clark County’s licensed hospital beds are occupied, with 8.8 percent occupied by people with or suspected of having COVID-19, according to Public Health.
No new deaths have been reported since the four reported Tuesday. To date, 77 people have died from COVID-19 in Clark County, according to Public Health data.
Demographic data from Clark County Public Health showed that people in their 20s accounted for the largest share of the 618 new cases reported in the seven days ending Tuesday, with 146 new cases or about 24 percent of the total.
That age group was followed by people in their 30s, with 113 new cases or 18 percent of the total; people in their 40s, with 100 new cases, or 17 percent of the total; and people in their 50s, with 79 new cases or 13 percent of the total.
Youths ages 10 to 19 accounted for 58 new cases, or 9 percent of the total; followed by people in their 60s, with 44 new cases, or 7 percent of the total; children younger than age 10, with 31 new cases or 5 percent of the total; and people age 80 or older, with 14 new cases, or 2 percent of the total.
The largest increase in new cases was among children younger than 10. The 31 new cases were up from 11 the week before, according to Public Health data. The next largest increase was among people in their 20s, with new cases jumping from 81 to 146.
COVID-19 confirmed cases as of Nov. 9
| Age |
Cases |
Rate per 100,000 |
| 0-9 years |
209 |
347.5 |
| 10-19 years |
525 |
797.4 |
| 20-29 years |
1132 |
1974.5 |
| 30-39 years |
999 |
1601.8 |
| 40-49 years |
938 |
1474.1 |
| 50-59 years |
779 |
1207.1 |
| 60-69 years |
519 |
860.8 |
| 70-79 years |
297 |
808.5 |
| 80 and older |
219 |
1241.9 |
| Total |
5,617 |
1149.8 |
