The search by leaders in the region for bed space for such patients will not end there as officials anticipate facing a crisis affecting cities across the country: Hospital bed shortages.
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The number of confirmed cases in Clark County increased from 350 to 443 overnight, while the state reported an increase from 420 to 535 late Thursday
The latest deaths in Clark County included the state’s first young adult victim and the first person with no underlying medical conditions, health officials said Thursday.
Two more people in Clark County have died of COVID-19, bringing the overall total in the county and in the state to six.
Nevada state government had this to say Friday to all of the people clamoring to be tested for the new coronavirus: Many of you should stop trying to be tested.
Health authorities on Friday reported a second death in Clark County from coronavirus, as the number of cases in Nevada rose to 154.
The statewide total was up from 86 cases as of late Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the district clarified that it is still doing some testing but is “asking health care providers to send their specimens to private laboratories for testing.”
Figures provided to the Review-Journal last week by the only two public labs in the state indicate that only a few hundred tests had been administered so far.
Health authorities on Friday announced eight new positive tests for COVID-19 in Clark County and one in Northern Nevada, bringing the state total of coronavirus cases to 20.
The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting three new “presumptive positive” COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases of the new coronavirus to five in Clark County and seven in Nevada.
The Southern Nevada Health District has received a report of a second presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in a Clark County resident.
Few Nevadans have been tested so far, but positive tests for two state residents, the arrival of more federal test kits and new testing by private labs should change that.
A Clark County resident who has tested positive for COVID-19 remains in serious condition, the Southern Nevada Health District said Friday afternoon.
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