Clark County’s recent COVID-19 rate drops for fourth straight week

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COVID-19 activity in Clark County saw a continued decline in the latest health department report.

In Clark County Public Health’s Dec. 2 update, the department reported 251.2 cases per 100,000 population over 14 days, down from 279.1 the week prior. The county’s rate has been declining for four weeks.

Between Nov. 24 and Dec. 2, Clark County had 681 additional COVID-19 cases, including 593 confirmed cases and 88 probable cases based on antigen tests. The county has had a total of 40,640 confirmed COVID cases and 4,710 probable cases since the outbreak began. There were 770 active cases as of Dec. 2, which are ones still in the isolation period.

Clark County Public Health reported seven confirmed COVID-19 deaths in its Dec. 2 update. The deaths included two men in their 60s, a man in his 50s, two women older than 80, a woman in her 70s, and a woman in her 60s. The deaths put the county’s total at 545, including 502 confirmed cases and 43 suspected to be because of the disease.



The number of COVID-19 patients occupying hospital beds in Clark County saw a decrease as of the health department’s update. As of Dec. 2, 8.4% of beds had either patients with confirmed COVID-19 or ones awaiting test results, down from 10.7% last week. COVID-19 patients occupied 13.1% of intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the county, down from 20.3% the week prior.

New COVID-19 hospital admissions saw a slight decrease, as Clark County Public Health reported 8.8 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, down from nine per 100,000 the week prior. Total hospital bed occupancy saw a decrease in Clark County as of the health department’s Dec. 2 report. The health department reported 86.4% of hospital beds and 75.4% of ICU beds were occupied in the county, compared to 96.1% and 89.1%, respectively on Nov. 24.

Clark County’s share of confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide stayed about the same, while its share of deaths rose. Washington State Department of Health data showed the county had roughly 5.9% confirmed cases and about 5.9% of deaths in the state.