Washoe County health officials reported five more COVID-19 deaths and 239 newly identified cases of the virus over the past day, according to a Tuesday afternoon press release.
The deaths were those of four men and one woman, ages ranging from 60s to 90s. In all, 544 Washoe County residents or about one out of every 880 have died of coronavirus-related causes since the pandemic began.
Since the pandemic began, the county has diagnosed 38,652 cases of the coronavirus, a little more than 8% of the county s estimated 478,000 residents.
The county also reported 386 new vaccinations against COVID-19 issued by the Washoe County Health District on Tuesday, bringing the total number of vaccinations by the health district to 8,708. Seventeen other agencies also have received doses of the vaccine; vaccinations by those agencies aren t reflected in the health district s total.
Novel Coronavirus In Nevada: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
5:39 p.m. | January 12, 2021
Nevada Surpasses 250,000 COVID-19 Cases
Nevada hit a milestone in the pandemic. The state surpassed a quarter of a million COVID-19 cases since March. The state’s death toll is more than 3,500.
Statewide, there have been an average of over 1,800 new daily cases over the last two weeks. There are over 1,800 people hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 and 80% of staffed hospital beds are occupied, according to the Nevada Hospital Association.
And deaths continue to climb. In Washoe, 10% of the 544 COVID-19-related deaths in the county have been reported this month.
For more information, you can find Nevada’s COVID-19 dashboard here, and Washoe County’s here.
It s the first time since Nov. 18 that the county reported no deaths over the previous day, excluding Thanksgiving and Christmas when no reports were issued.
Nevada reported 205,884 cases of COVID-19 on Monday morning as hospitals statewide continue to cope with record coronavirus hospitalizations.
The state s Department of Health and Human Services first reported more than 200,000 diagnosed cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, a little over seven weeks after the diagnosis of its 100,000th case on Oct. 30.
One bright spot in the data released Monday: The state s 14-day test positivity rate dropped to 19.7% a number well exceeding the World Health Organization s goal of 5%, but the 14th straight day with a decrease. The state s highest recorded positive test rate was 21.8% on Dec. 8.
Washoe reports 8 deaths, 238 new cases amid testing lull