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Carson City Health and Human Services reports four additional deaths Friday from COVID-19 in Quad-Counties

We are reporting 4 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region.

The individuals were:
• A male Carson City resident in his 70’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 60’s
• A male Carson City resident in his 50’s
• A male Lyon County resident in his 90’s

We are also reporting 27 new cases and 106 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 10,723, with 6,761 recoveries and 188 deaths; 3,774 cases remain active.

Carson City (*Population: 56,546)
-5,689 Total Cases (+12 from 1/28)
-2,091 Active (-44 from 1/28)
-3,493 Recovered (+53 from 1/28)
-105 Deaths (+3 from 1/28)

Douglas County (*Population: 49,695)
-2,376 Total (+6 from 1/28)
-801 Active (-14 from 1/28)
-1,547 Recovered (+20 from 1/28)
-28 Deaths (+0 from 1/28)

Lyon County (*Population: 57,987)
-2,587 Total (+9 from 1/28)
-868 Active (-25from 1/28)
-1,666 Recovered (+33 from 1/28)
-53 Deaths (+1 from 1/28)

Storey County (*Population: 4,465)
-71 Total (+0 from 1/28)
-14 Active (+0 from 1/28)
-55 Recoveries (+0 from 1/28)
-2 Deaths (+0 from 1/28)

TOTAL (*Population: 168,693)
-10,723 Total Cases (+27 from 1/28)
-3,774 Active Cases ( -83 from 1/28)
-6,761 Recovered (+106 from 1/28)
-188 Deaths (+4 from 1/28)

*Population information taken from the Nevada Health Response Dashboard found at https://nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/

More at: https://gethealthycarsoncity.org/

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