Novel Coronavirus In Nevada: Tuesday, April 6, 2021
7:13 p.m. | April 6, 2021
Nevada Continues To Report Fewer Than 200 Daily Cases Of COVID-19
Nevada’s COVID-19 test-positivity rate is slowly starting to tick up.
The latest data from the state shows about 4.4% of all COVID tests are coming back positive. The metric is a key indicator of how quickly the virus is spreading through a community.
The increase comes after months of steady decline in Nevada.
Overall, the state continues to report fewer than 200 new daily cases.
In all, more than 305,000 Nevadans have contracted the virus and nearly 5,300 have died.
In Washoe County an average of 43 cases were reported Tuesday, as well as one additional COVID-19 death.