The Southern Nevada Health District announced Friday that the first subvariant of omicron was detected in Southern Nevada in a woman in her 40s.
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After a week of decreases in major COVID-19 metrics, a public health official said Thursday that the current omicron-driven surge has peaked in Clark County.
An ER travel nurse from Chicago has shared her time working in a Las Vegas hospital amid the COVID-19 variant, omicron, through the popular social media app TikTok.
Clark County on Wednesday reported 2,540 new coronavirus cases and 35 deaths, as cases continued to drop but deaths and hospitalizations remained at high levels.
The American Red Cross blood supply remains at dangerously low levels despite generous donations after declaring its first blood crisis earlier this month.
It was the first three-day decline in the 14-day average of new cases since early December, adding to evidence that the local surge of the disease is at or near its peak.
Continuing with a dangerous pattern, Nevada reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day Friday morning.
Omicron now accounts for 92 percent of cases in Clark County, according to data from the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
More than $1 billion has been poured into the nonprofit trust for Clark County schoolteachers and families — with little financial accountability in place.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday the state had ordered more than a half million at-home COVID-19 tests.
The emergency blood supply is several days short of the multiday reserve needed in Southern Nevada, mirroring a national shortage, officials said.
Sam Boyd Stadium played host to a familiar scene on Sunday night — lines of cars causing traffic delays as Nevadans faced hourslong waits to get a COVID-19 test at the valley’s largest site.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Saturday reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago.
Clark County added more than 3,500 new cases of the disease, while the state topped 4,000 cases for the first time on Friday.
More than one in five residents have now tested positive in both measures as omicron tightens its grip.
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