Syringes filled with the COVID-19 vaccination lay in a tray at UNLV, Monday, April 5, 2021.
Sunday, April 11, 2021 | 6:39 p.m.
Health officials in Nevada on Sunday reported 320 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths.
The latest figures from the state Department of Health and Human Services raised Nevada’s case total to 308,024 since the pandemic began more than a year ago with the death toll remaining at 5,332.
However, health officials in many rural counties of Nevada don’t work on weekends and that often affects weekend reporting of COVID-19 numbers.
New cases were above the two-week moving average of 211 per day. Over the same period, Nevada has averaged three deaths per day.
The state’s 14-day positivity rate was at 5% — up 0.1 percentage points from Saturday — as it continued its recent rise.
The rate essentially tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who are found to be infected.
Clark County reported 271 new cases. The state’s largest that includes metro Las Vegas has had more than 238,000 of the state’s case total and more than 4,100 deaths during the pandemic.
