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The Clark County Public Health Department reported five new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday morning, one of its highest daily COVID-19 death rates since the pandemic arrived in the county in March.
There have been a total of seven confirmed and suspected deaths in the past two days.
Public health also confirmed 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, meaning Clark County will end 2020 with 12,912 total cases of COVID-19 and 144 confirmed and suspected deaths. Hundreds of people have also been hospitalized this year.
As of Thursday morning, 67 people were hospitalized and five others hospitalized were awaiting the results of the COVID-19 test. That number climbed to 15 from 52 patients on Wednesday. The county recently saw a drop in the overall number of cases, but fears persist about spikes in cases linked to the Christmas and New Year’s gatherings.
The high number of hospitalizations could also portend an increase in the number of deaths in the days and weeks to come, similar to the influx on Thursday.
The five people who died Thursday all had underlying conditions. Two of the deaths were women aged 70 and over; two of the deaths were women aged 80 and over; one of the deaths was a man aged 80 or over. Four of the deaths were confirmed and one was a presumed death, which means COVID-19 is not listed as a contributing factor on the death certificate, but was not ruled out and the person died after being tested positive for COVID in the past 28 days.
There are 650 active COVID-19 cases as of Thursday morning.
Due to the New Year’s holidays, public health will no longer report COVID-19 updates until Monday.
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