Fernando Martinez Jr. lost 64 pounds over 77 days before he died at the Clark County Detention Center without receiving proper medical treatment, according to a federal lawsuit.
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Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles appeared in court Tuesday to face a murder charge.
Nevada on Friday reported 1,280 new coronavirus cases and 40 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The two-week moving average of new cases, which now stands at 468, has been climbing since it reached a low of 132 on June 5.
Nevada on Thursday reported 436 new coronavirus cases and eight additional deaths over the preceding day as the state positivity rate remained unchanged at 5.4 percent.
The closely watched metric climbed back above the 5 percent benchmark recommended by the World Health Organization for the first time in nearly a month.
Nevada on Saturday reported 442 new coronavirus cases and 20 additional deaths, according to state data.
The updated figures posted to the state Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought cumulative totals for Nevada to 253,985 cases and 3,596 deaths.
Nevada reported 487 additional coronavirus cases on Tuesday, along with 10 more deaths, state data shows.