Data shows the United States has reached another grim milestone in this pandemic: about 1 in 500 U.S. residents have died from COVID-19. At the beginning of August, Washoe County saw 354 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, now that number is more than four times higher, at 1,621 cases per 100,000. Washoe County Health District Officer, Kevin Dick says, “Even though we are doing dramatically more testing than we have been, and there’s a high demand for testing, our test positivity is increasing.”