COVID-19 transmission remains high, but trending downward in Quad-Counties; hospitalizations remain high
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 10:41am
As of Feb. 9, test positivity rate remains extremely high within the quad counties, with an average of 40.6 percent of all tests returning positive, according to Nevada Health Response.
However, while case transmission and test positivity remains high, there is also a downward trend from the peak highs occurring at the end of January and the beginning of February.
Hospitalizations remain high, with 55 patients currently hospitalized within the Quad Counties. Six ventilators are currently in use, according to Nevada Health Response.
All counties in Nevada except Eureka are currently flagged for elevated disease transmission due to high test positivity rates and case rates per 100,000 in the last 30 days. Storey County is also flagged for not performing enough tests, according to Nevada Health Response.
In the Quad Counties of Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County and Storey County, there have been 30,384 total confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 441 people have died from COVID-19.
Statewide, there have been 636,718 total confirmed cases with 1,278 new cases reported daily. 9,270 Nevadans have died from COVID-19.
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.
Case rates in the last 30 days per 100K
Anything above 200 receives a flag for elevated disease transmission
Carson City: 4,748
Douglas County: 2,271
Lyon County: 3,019
Storey County: 430
Total cases as of Feb. 10
Carson City: 13,533; 23,650 per 100K
Douglas County: 7,043; 14,218 per 100K
Lyon County: 9,521; 16,164 per 100K
Storey County: 287; 6,863 per 100K
Test positivity rate
Note: This indicates the percent how many tests are currently returning positive out of the total amount of tests recorded
Carson City: 33.5 percent
Douglas County: 37.7 percent
Lyon County: 39.1 percent
Storey County: 52.2 percent
Hospitalizations:
Carson City: 50; 6 ICU; 4 Ventilators
Douglas County: 2; 1 ICU; 0 Ventilators
Lyon County: 3; 0 ICU
Storey County: 0
Total Deaths
Carson City: 193; 337 per 100K
Douglas County: 82; 166 per 100K
Lyon County: 157; 267 per 100K
Storey County: 9; 215 per 100K
Vaccinations initiated ages 5+
Carson City: 73.07percent of population
Douglas County: 63.27 percent of population
Lyon County: 58.83 percent of population
Storey County: 26.59 percent of population
STATEWIDE
Statewide, demographic data shows that the majority of cases have changed from being predominantly in individuals aged 20-29 with a percent of 19.3 percent of all cases in January, despite making up only 13.9 percent of the total population, to being more evenly distributed between ages 20-59. The lowest amount of cases have occurred in individuals below the age of ten, with only 5.5 percent of total cases, followed by those above the age of 70 with 7.0 percent of total cases.
Those who identify as white make up the majority of cases at 39.2 percent with those who identify as hispanic second at 32.9 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 57.2 percent of total deaths, while the majority of deaths occurred in individuals who identified as white with 57.2 percent of total deaths. Men are dying at a significantly higher rate than women, accounting for 61.3 percent of total deaths.
Vaccines are spread out evenly through the age groups between 30 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 2.8 percent and 9.5 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.
