The Reflector
COVID-19 exercise in Clark County has been on a slight improve for 3 weeks, although it nonetheless stays beneath the state common which can be on the rise.
Clark County Public Well being’s Nov. 17 report included 47.9 COVID-19 instances per 100,000 inhabitants over seven days, up from the 46.9 per 100,000 reported the prior week.
The speed has elevated from a current low of 43.1 per 100,000 reported three weeks prior.
As of Nov. 17, Washington had 50.5 instances per 100,000 inhabitants, up from 49.3 per 100,000 the prior week.
Latest case charges lag behind the newest counts of instances. The well being division’s most up-to-date case fee was primarily based on exercise from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7.
The well being division reported 216 new COVID-19 instances between Nov. 10 and Nov. 17, fewer than the 253 new COVID-19 instances between Nov. 3 and Nov. 10. In complete, there have been 107,286 confirmed and possible instances in Clark County for the reason that outbreak started, though that quantity doesn’t embrace at-home checks, which regularly go unreported.
Clark County Public Well being’s Nov. 17 report included two extra confirmed COVID-19 deaths and one demise suspected to be because of the illness, fewer than the 5 confirmed deaths and two suspected deaths reported the prior week.
The deaths deliver Clark County’s complete to 961, which incorporates 817 confirmed and 144 suspected deaths.
The variety of COVID-19 sufferers occupying hospital beds in Clark County decreased. As of Nov. 17, 7.5% of beds had both sufferers with confirmed COVID-19 or sufferers awaiting check outcomes, down from 10.2% reported on Nov. 10. The variety of intensive care unit (ICU) beds occupied by COVID-19 sufferers and sufferers awaiting check outcomes landed at 10.2%, greater than the 7.1% the prior week.
New COVID-19 hospital admissions elevated within the newest knowledge. In its Nov. 17 report, the well being division reported 6.8 admissions per 100,000 inhabitants prior to now seven days, up from 6.6 admissions per 100,000 inhabitants reported on Nov. 10.
Clark County’s statewide share of COVID-19 instances and deaths stayed about the identical. The Washington State Division of Well being reported the county had about 5.8% of instances and 6.5% of deaths.
