Clark County reports 10 new COVID-19 deaths, pushing weekly total to 20Free

Clark County reported 10 deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, pushing the total number to 20 over a seven-day period, according to Clark County Public Health.

The deaths were two men in their 50s, one man in his 60s, three men in their 70s, two men age 80 or older and two women age 80 or older, according to Public Health. Each had underlying conditions.

The deaths pushed Clark County’s toll from COVID-19 to 202 to date. There were 20 deaths reported since Feb. 5, up from 16 deaths reported the week before and six deaths in each of previous three weeks. Twenty of the 202 deaths from COVID-19 are still considered suspected. Those cases are counted when COVID-19 is not listed as a contributing factor on the death certificate but wasn’t ruled out as a cause of death — and the person died after testing positive for COVID-19 within 28 days of death.

Clark County Public Health had been reporting lower than expected numbers of new cases this week but cautioned that the lower numbers were caused by data processing issues with the state. Public Health said the issue had been resolved as of Friday.

On Friday, Public Health reported 108 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the county’s total to 17,398 cases. There were an average of about 77 new cases per day since Feb. 5, down from an average of about 94 cases per day in the previous week and 118 cases per day in the week before that. The average number of new cases peaked in early January with about 180 new cases per day.

The number of active cases rose to 571 on Friday, up from 529 on Thursday. Those cases are considered contagious and still in their isolation period, according to Public Health.

Hospitalizations fell. There were 38 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Clark County on Friday, down from 47 on Thursday. There were three people hospitalized awaiting test results, up from two Thursday, according to Public Health data. The percentage of occupied licensed ICU beds fell on Friday to 79.7 percent, down from 89.1 percent on Thursday.