Five Lyon County COVID-19 cases, 19 recoveries reported Wednesday

Robert Perea, The Fernley Reporter

The Quad-County Emergency Operations Center reported five new cases of COVID-19 and 19 recoveries in Lyon County Wednesday.

The new cases are a man in his 20s, two men in their 50s, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 30s, all with no connection to a previously reported case.

There have been 281 total cases in Lyon County, 47 of them currently active, with 228 recoveries and six deaths.

As of its most recent update at 6 p.m. Aug. 19, 123 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/.

In the Quad County region, there were 12 new cases and 39 recoveries overall Wednesday. There have now been 906 total cases, 791 recoveries and 15 deaths in the Quad-County region.