Nevada is one of seven states with “very high” levels of COVID wastewater activity. Experts said a tourist surge over the Fourth of July weekend was one factor.
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COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Nevada State Public Charter School Authority granted an exemption to a distance learning mandate for Pinecrest, Mater and Doral academy campuses in Northern Nevada.
The Democratic governor kept tabs on a faith-based campaign event for President Donald Trump early this month, expecting more people to show up than allowed under a statewide rule meant to control the spread of the coronavirus.
Wynn Las Vegas is offering to pay for supervised virtual learning for school-aged children of workers.
John Foster, 60, who was unconscious for half of his time in the hospital, said there were times he wasn’t sure if he would survive the disease.
New figures posted by the Department of Health and Human Services raised the case total for the state to 67,852 and the death toll to 1,287.
Nevada’s unemployment agency said Friday the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance website is running slowly.
A 25-year-old Washoe County man is the nation’s first COVID-19 patient proven to have been reinfected by the new coronavirus, according to the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory in Reno.
Thousands of MGM Resorts International employees across the country have received notice that they will be laid off Monday.
The protest, organized by Nevada nonprofit Power2Parent, took place outside the Clark County School District’s Administrative Center on West Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas.
Some Nevada counties reported details on localized outbreaks as the COVID task force voted to keep Elko County’s bars and other establishments closed for another two weeks.
The Las Vegas hotel that hosted a Trump campaign event and beauty pageant with hundreds of guests this month was hit with a nearly $11,000 fine this week for failing to follow the state’s COVID-19 safety and health measures.
The vast majority of the visitors tested positive while they were in Nevada. The data dates back to June 1; casinos reopened June 4.
New cases were slightly above the daily average of nearly 520 over the preceding week, and fatalities were slightly above the daily average of nearly 17 for the period.
Two UNLV students on campus have tested positive for COVID-19 since fall classes began Monday, according to the university’s website.
Opportunity Village announced Wednesday that it will not be holding its Magical Forest and HallOVeen events this year, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.