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COVID-19 cases soar in Quad-Counties, test positivity rate hits 35 percent in Douglas County

In the Quad Counties of Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County and Storey County as of Jan. 19, there have been 27,191 total confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 419 people have died from COVID-19.

Test positivity rates have increased dramatically within the Quad Counties, with Douglas County taking the lead at nearly 35 percent. There are currently 43 COVID-19 patients hospitalized within the Quad-Counties.

Statewide, there have been 58l,548 total confirmed cases and 8,709 deaths.

Overview of the QUAD-COUNTIES compared:
Note: The statistic of “Per 100,000” does not indicate there are 100,000 individuals in a county, but rather it is a statistical mechanism to be able to compare counties using the same base number

Total cases
Carson City: 11,614; 20,296 per 100K
Douglas County: 6,550; 13,223 per 100K
Lyon County: 8,738; 14,835 per 100K
Storey County: 289; 6,911 per 100K

Test positivity rate
Note: This indicates the percent of tests currently returning positive from the total amount of tests taken
Carson City: 24.9 percent
Douglas County: 34.9 percent
Lyon County: 28.4 percent
Storey County: 8.0 percent

Hospitalizations:
Carson City: 39; 3 ICU
Douglas County: 4; 1 ICU
Lyon County: 1; 0 ICU
Storey County: 0

Total Deaths
Carson City: 188; 329 per 100K
Douglas County: 76; 153 per 100K
Lyon County: 146; 248 per 100K
Storey County: 9; 215 per 100K

Vaccinations initiated ages 5+
Carson City: 71.73 percent of population
Douglas County: 62.47 percent of population
Lyon County: 58.08 percent of population
Storey County: 24.90 percent of population

STATEWIDE

Statewide, demographic data shows that the majority of cases have occurred in individuals aged 20-29 with a percent of 19.3 percent of all cases, despite making up only 13.9 percent of the total population. The lowest amount of cases have occurred in individuals below the age of ten, with only 5.3 percent of total cases, followed by those above the age of 70 with 6.9 percent of total cases.

Those who identify as white make up the majority of cases at 38.7 percent with those who identify as hispanic second at 33.4 percent. Women have accounted for slightly more cases than men at 52.1 percent of total cases versus 47.9 of men.

Despite women accounting for slightly more cases, men are dying at a higher rate from the virus.

The majority of deaths occurred in those aged 70 or older with 57 percent of total deaths, while the majority of deaths occurred in individuals who identified as white with 57 percent of total deaths. Men are dying at a significantly higher rate than women, accounting for 61.5 percent of total deaths.

Vaccines are spread out evenly through the age groups between 20 years of age and 70 + years of age, all falling within or near 15 percent. The age groups of 5-11 and 12-19 are less, with only 2.5 percent and 9.4 percent respectively.

Individuals aged 50-59 are the highest vaccinated group at 15.7 percent

Women are slightly more vaccinated than men with 52.2 percent of vaccines having gone to women, compared to 47.8 percent to men.

For more information on testing and how to stay safe, please visit https://gethealthycarsoncity.org/

All information for this report comes from the Nevada Health Response COVID-19 dashboard.

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