The recent case rate of COVID-19 in Clark County experienced another slight increase and landed above the statewide average in the latest data.
Clark County Public Health’s May 25 report included 17.8 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population over seven days, slightly up from the 17.4 per 100,000 reported the prior week.
The recent statewide case rate decreased. As of May 25, Washington had 17.2 cases per 100,000 population, down from 19.9 per 100,000 the prior week.
Recent case rates lag behind the most recent counts of cases. The health department’s most recent case rate was based on activity from May 9 to May 15.
Most recent numbers indicate a decline. Clark County Public Health tallied 81 additional cases between May 18 and May 25, down from the 94 recorded between May 11 and May 18. The county’s case total includes 113,745 confirmed and probable cases in Clark County since the outbreak began, although that number does not include at-home tests, which often go unreported.
Clark County Public Health’s May 25 report included an additional confirmed COVID-19 death since its report the prior week. On May 18, the health department reported three confirmed COVID-19 deaths.
The additional COVID-19 death brings Clark County’s total to 1,049, which includes 899 confirmed and 150 suspected deaths.
The number of COVID-19 patients occupying hospital beds in Clark County decreased in the latest data. As of May 25, 11.2% of beds had either patients with confirmed COVID-19 or patients awaiting test results, less than the 15.2% reported on May 18. The number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds occupied by COVID-19 patients and patients awaiting test results dropped to 4.1%, compared to 10.4% from the prior week.
New COVID-19 hospital admissions dropped by about half from the prior week. In its May 25 report, the health department reported 1.6 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, less than the 3 per 100,000 the prior week.
Clark County’s share of COVID-19 cases stayed about the same statewide while its share of deaths decreased slightly in the latest data. According to the Washington State Department of Health, the county had about 5.8% of cases and about 6.5% of deaths in Washington.
