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Below is the full COVID-19 report for Nov. 12-14.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) COVID-19 test positivity rates continue to trend up in Nevada and Clark County, a sign that the virus is still spreading in the community.

The state is reporting 7.6%, up from 7.4% on Friday, and the county is now at 6.8%, up from 6.6% on Friday. Those numbers have been on the rise over the past week and a half, but they remain below the states threshhold of 8.0%.

New figures on COVID-19 breakthrough cases show five deaths in the past week, along with 20 new hospitalizations and a total of 430 new cases.

Todays update includes data from Nov. 12-14 as agency reports through the weekend are totaled.

A look at current COVID-19 numbers:

The state is following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on the mask rule. The mandate will remain in place in each county until the following conditions are met:

Test positivity in Clark County is at 6.8% which is up from 6.6% on Friday, Nov. 12, when numbers were last reported.

Nevadas test positivity rate is at 7.6%, up from 7.4%. It fell below 5.0%, the World Health Organizations goal, on May 17 and climbed above it on June 28.

Of the 36 additional COVID-19-related deaths reported in Nevada, 24 were from Clark County. Southern Nevada now accounts for 6,073 of the states 7,844 deaths. The 14-day rolling average is at 4 deaths per day.

As of Nov. 11, the Southern Nevada Health District reports there are 195 breakthrough deaths (+5), 607 breakthrough hospitalizations (+20) and 12,125 breakthrough cases (+430). (Increases are compared to numbers reported on Nov. 4.)

As of yesterday, a total of 5,435,613 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Nevada, with an increase of 22,124 since Fridays report. The number of tests reported has gone up as more employers require employees to be vaccinated or go through weekly testing.

*NOTE: Daily lab data from DHHS and SNHD reports is updated every morning for theprevious day.

The test positivity rate in Clark County has dropped below 8%, which takes the county off the states watch list for elevated transmission risk. If the county can sustain levels for test positivity and testing, state restrictions including mask requirements could be relaxed. A separate measure of the countys case rate currently high at 113.0 cases (per 100,000 population over the past seven days) needs to drop below 50 for two straight weeks before the mask mandate can end.

In todays report, 11 of Nevadas 17 counties are still flagged for high transmission.

Clark Countys case rate (447 per 100,000 over the past 30 days) is flagged in data reported today. Test positivity rate (6.8%) and testing (317 tests per day per 100,000) are within the states acceptable range.

Thestates health department reports3,471,173 dosesof the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Nevada,as of Nov. 14.

As of today, 56.95% of Nevadans currently eligible for the vaccine are fully vaccinated, and 65.36% of the eligible population has initiated vaccinations. Clark County reports that 56.24% of its eligible residents are fully vaccinated.

NOTE: The state is not updating hospitalization dataonweekendsor holidays.

According to the statesDepartment of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the number of hospitalized patients in Nevada was DOWN (-16) from the last report.

The current number of hospitalizations is727 confirmed/suspected cases. Hospitals reported 170 of those patients were in intensive care units, and 100 were on ventilators.To give some perspective, the state set a record high for hospitalized patients on Dec. 13 with 2,025 cases.

The Nevada Hospital Associations most recent report describes a minor-to-moderate resurgence statewide. Hospitalizations are slowly increasing throughout the state causing Nevada to experience a minor-to-moderate COVID-19 resurgence.

Hospitals remain on alert status for staffing, and caution that an outbreak of another all-cause increase in hospitalizations like the flu could overpower steps hospitals have made to maintain staffing.

The report also indicates hospitals expect to see more activity related to vaccination requirements for people with companies with 100 or more employees.

The number of people who have recovered from the virus in Southern Nevada continues to increase. The latest county update estimates a total of 321,808 recovered cases; thats 95.2% of all reported cases in the county, according toSNHDs latest report.

The health district providesa daily map with the number of positive tests in each ZIPcodein Clark County.

Nevadareopened to 100% capacity on June 1and social distancing guidelines lifted, helping the state return to mostly pre-pandemic times, with some exceptions.

The CDC reversed course on July 27, saying fully vaccinated Americans in areas with substantial and high transmission should wear masks indoors when in public as COVID-19 cases rise. Most of Nevada falls into those two risk categories.

Nevada said it would adopt the CDCs guidance with the new mask guidelinethat went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on July 30. Thisoverrides Clark Countys employee mask mandate, which went into effect in mid-July.

On Aug. 16, Gov. Sisolak signed a new directivethat allows fully vaccinated attendees at large gatherings to remove their masks, but only if the venue chooses to require everyone in attendance to provide proof of vaccination. Those who have just one shot and are not fully vaccinated would still be allowed to attend, as would children under 12, but both would need to wear masks.

Masks still must be worn when required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules and regulations, including local businesses and workplace guidance.

State approval for vaccinating children 5-11 years old was given on Nov. 3, with plans by the Southern Nevada Health District to begin vaccinations on Nov. 10. The Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine approved for children at this time.

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