The fatalities from the disease and new cases of COVID-19 reported by the state over the preceding day were well above the 14-day rolling averages.
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Nevada recorded 2,470 new cases of COVID-19 and 47 deaths from the disease over the preceding day, according to state data posted Wednesday.
Gov. Steve Sisolak and Immunization Program Manager Shannon Bennett provided an update to Nevada’s tier system for vaccine distribution at a Wednesday news briefing.
With new coronavirus strains being reported in the United Kingdom and parts of Africa, come new worries around the world.
The latest figures pushed the state totals to 212,211 cases and 2,916 deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada public health officials reported 1,939 new coronavirus cases and six additional deaths on Monday.
COVID-19 vaccination of residents and staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Nevada begins Monday.
Nevada set a somber milestone for most coronavirus deaths in one week on Saturday, surpassing the previous benchmark reached just a week ago. The state’s new cases also boosted total case numbers past 200,000.
Hospital workers in Clark County say the COVID-19 surge is pushing them to their limits, despite the Nevada Hospital Association’s assurances that hospitals can take more patients.
Clark County reached a somber milestone Monday when three new coronavirus-related deaths pushed the county’s death toll beyond 2,000.
The first dose of COVID-19 vaccine was given to a Las Vegas ICU nurse on Monday.
Gov. Sisolak announced Sunday that the “statewide pause” put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 will be extended into January and that the state will re-implement a moratorium on most residential evictions.
With the first COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive in Nevada on Monday, officials are making final preparations to distribute doses to health care workers.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 3,053 new coronavirus cases and 25 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Investigators have collected information from infected Nevadans using an extensive 65-question survey. Many of those data points are now being abandoned.