Clark County reported 106 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Thursday as demographic data showed people in their 20s, 30s and 40s accounted for more than half of the county’s cases.
The new cases push Clark County’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 16,739 to date, according to data from Clark County Public Health. The county has been averaging about 90 new cases a day since Friday, continuing a downward trend from a high of 180 cases per day in early early January.
No new deaths were reported Thursday, leaving the total number of deaths from COVID-19 in Clark County at 175, according to Public Health data. There have been nine deaths reported since Friday.
The number of active cases climbed to 647 on Thursday, up from 619 the day before, according to Public Health data.
There were 47 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Clark County,the same as on Wednesday, and 10 people were hospitalized awaiting test results, up from five the day before.
The demographic data as of Tuesday showed that people in their 20s accounted for 20 percent of all COVID-19 cases despite being only 12 percent of the population; people in their 30s accounted for 18 percent of the cases, despite being 13 percent of the population; and people in their 40s accounted for 17 percent of cases despite being 13 percent of the population.
The data showed people in their 50s accounted for 14 percent of cases, while being 13 percent of the population. Youth age 10-19 accounted for only 10 percent of the cases, despite being 13 percent of the population; people in their 60s accounted for 9 percent of all cases, despite being 12 percent of the population; people in their 70s accounted for 5 percent of all cases despite being 8 percent of the population; and children under 10 accounted for 4 percent of cases despite being 12 percent of the population.
People age 80 or older accounted for 3 percent of the cases, despite being 4 percent of the population. But they accounted for just over 50s percent of all fatalities, according to Public Health data. People in their 20s, 30s and 40s account for only 5.1 percent of all deaths, despite accounting for 55 percent of all cases, the data showed.
