Two Lyon County COVID-19 deaths reported Tuesday

Robert Perea, The Fernley Reporter

The Quad County Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday reported two deaths of Lyon County residents with COVID-19.

Both of the people who died were women, one in her 90s with underlying health conditions, and the other in her 80s with no underlying conditions.

In addition, Quad County EOC reported three new cases and four recoveries Monday, then four cases and nine recoveries on Tuesday.

There have been 521 total cases in Lyon County, 70 of them currently active, with 443 recoveries and 10 deaths.

The new cases reported by Quad County EOC are:

• A man in his 60s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A woman in her 50s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A man in his 40s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A man in his 50s with no connection to a previously reported case.
• A woman in her 90s with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A girl under the age of 18 with a connection to a previously reported case.
• A man in his 60s with a connection to a previously reported case.

As of its most recent update at 6 p.m. Oct. 12, 206 total cases have been reported and 23 cases are active in the 89408 zip code, according to Carson City Health and Human Services and the Quad-County EOC. The breakdown of cases by zip code within the Quad-County region is available at https://gethealthycarsoncity.org/covid-19-cases-by-zip-code/.

There have now been 1,516 total cases, 1,337 recoveries and 19 deaths in the Quad-County region.