RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s COVID-19 response team has called an emergency meeting with officials from Washoe County, where the number of active cases of the coronavirus in the Reno-Sparks area has climbed to new record highs in each of the last seven days.

Active cases continued to rise in Wednesday's update to 2,129 — a 40% increase in just a week from 1,516 last Thursday.

The Mitigation and Management Task Force that oversees individual county response plans scheduled a meeting for 1 p.m. Thursday with Washoe County Health District Officer Kevin Dick and others to discuss the alarming trend.

Dick said Wednesday if the recent “huge” increase continues unchecked it could force businesses to close again. The county’s seven-day moving average of new daily cases has more than tripled from about 57 in mid-September to 182 on Wednesday.

The daily testing rate is the only baseline threshold Washoe County's currently meeting among three Gov. Steve Sisolak has set to help guide COVID-19 mandates in individual counties.

Washoe County's new cases the last 30 days have climbed to 678 per 100,000 residents, more than three times greater than the governor’s threshold of 200 per 100,000. The rolling 14-day average positivity rate of 9.3% also exceeds the governor's 8% threshold.