LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada officials on Saturday reported more than 1,000 known additional COVID-19 cases for the first time since mid-August amid continuing increases in new cases and positivity rates from testing.
The 1,146 additional cases and five additional deaths reported Saturday by the Department of Health and Human Services increased the state’s totals to 94,812 cases and 1,743 deaths.
The last time Nevada reported more than 1,000 cases in a single day was Aug. 14, with 1,099.
According to Johns Hopkins University data analyzed by The Associated Press, Nevada’s seven-day rolling averages for daily new cases rose from 487 on Oct. 9 and 712 on Friday while the positivity went from 14.4% to 15.1% The state’s rolling average of daily deaths fell from 6.9% to 4.4%.
Washoe County, which includes Reno, on Friday reported 350 new confirmed cases, the largest single-day increase since the pandemic started.
Unlike Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, the Washoe County School District opened its schools in August. The University of Nevada, Reno also welcomed students back for the semester..
In another development:
- State officials said Nevada could release its COVID-19 vaccination rollout plan as early as the coming week, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.
“We’re just trying to figure out now with our deputy attorney general and others what information should be released and should not be released related to the vaccination, but we’re hoping next week we can release that,” Julia Peek, the deputy administrator at the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, said Friday.
States across the country are submitting plans to the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention regarding their plans to distribute the vaccine.
States are considering who will receive the vaccine first and how to properly transport and store the vaccine.
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