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 Las Vegas Valley Chinese American community is now using the pipeline it established to help China fight the COVID-19 pandemic to aid hospitals in Southern Nevada.
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.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center is giving each worker only one surgical mask per shift, a critical care nurse said. Those on the front lines are balking at the changing standards.
New figures posted by the state Department of Health and Human Services in the morning on the nvhealthresponse.nv.gov website showed a spike of nearly 100 cases.
Two more people in Clark County have died of COVID-19, bringing the overall total in the county and in the state to six.
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican announced a free urgent care service for anyone in Southern Nevada experiencing mild to moderate symptoms similar to those of COVID-19.
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.
Reported cases of COVID-19 in Clark County have increased by 27, from 42 to 69, the Southern Nevada Health District announced on Wednesday. Nye and Douglas counties report their first cases.
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.”
On Sunday, Dr. Marianne Hazelitt began her quest to be tested for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System announced Monday it is implementing new precautions aimed at protecting patients and staff at the VA Medical Center in Las Vegas.
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The small city to the northeast of the Las Vegas Valley is the fastest growing city in the state, according to the latest Census data.
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
Daily highs around 110 and morning lows near 85 are forecast by the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service from Saturday through Thursday.