For only the second time, the Dept. of Health Services recorded more than 5,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, according to the latest numbers provided by Secretary-designee Andrea Palm.
During a Friday morning news conference, Palm revealed her agency has tallied 5,096 cases since Thursday afternoon’s report. The only other day in which more cases were reported was Tuesday, when DHS reported 5,262 new cases.
The latest increase in new cases increased the seven-day rolling average for cases by more than 100 average cases to 4,230 per day. At this time last week, that number stood at 3,470 cases per day.
With the Friday’s cases included, the state has now reported 220,092 total cases.
Palm also indicated 24 more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported to the agency.