Clark County recorded two new deaths and 38 new COVID-19 cases in data released Wednesday by Clark County Public Health.
The fatalities were a man in his 60s with underlying health conditions and a man in his 70s with no underlying health conditions, according to Public Health.
Their deaths bring the county’s total from COVID-19 to 62. Clark County has recorded 3,726 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to Public Health.
There are 24 people hospitalized in Clark County with COVID-19 and 14 hospitalized awaiting test results, according to Public Health, which reported 119 active cases Wednesday. Active cases are positive for COVID-19 cases in their 10-day isolation period.
The new numbers come as demographic data shows that people in their 20s remained the most likely to contract the novel coronavirus in the seven days ending Oct. 5. That age group’s 48 new cases accounts for 21 percent of the 231 new cases in that period, according to Public Health data.
The next most infected group was people in their 30s, with 42 new cases and 18 percent of the total, followed by people in their 40s, with 33 new cases, or 14 percent; and people in their 50s, with 31 new cases, or 13 percent.
Youths age 10-19, accounted for 27 new cases or 12 percent; people in their 60s, 21 new cases or 9 percent; people in their 70s, 17 new cases, or 7 percent; people age 80 or older, eight new cases, or 3 percent; and children up to age 9, four new cases or 2 percent.
Those case tallies were above averages for the entire pandemic for youths age 10-19 and people in their 20s and 70s. New cases were lower than average for children up to age 9 and people in their 40s, 50s, 60s and those age 80 and older. New cases for people in their 30s matched averages.
