The “Stop, Swab and Go” drive runs through Sept. 18 at four locations: Fiesta Henderson, Texas Station, Sam Boyd Stadium and in the city of Mesquite.
Clark County
Both new cases and new fatalities were were well below the daily averages of the preceding week of just over 472 and 15, respectively.
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.
In a partnership with the federal and state governments, Clark County will administer up to 60,000 coronavirus tests over 14 days, marking its most ambitious effort yet to identify the spread in Southern Nevada.
Clark County in 2018 limited the thickness of flagpoles allowed at protests, prompting a group that opposes requirements to wear face masks to claim there’s a ban on American flags.
The state Department of Health and Human Services and the Southern Nevada Health District reported 253 and 152 new cases, respectively, but deaths remained high with 20 added.
Nevada recorded 403 new cases of COVID-19 over the preceding day, but fatalities from the disease rose by 30 — the fourth-highest one-day increase of the outbreak.
New figures posted on the state’s nvhealthresponse.nv.gov website, bringing the case total for the state to 66,010 and the death toll to 1,200.
About 200 people gathered in south Las Vegas on Saturday morning as part of No Mask Nevada PAC’s sixth demonstration protesting Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mask mandate.
After several below-average new cases reports, the metric rebounded to its highest level in a week, well above the daily average of just over 667 for the preceding week.
County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to allow marijuana dispensaries to operate drive-thru windows in unincorporated Clark County.
Nevada recorded 389 new cases of the disease over the preceding day, but saw its second-highest one-day increase in deaths with 32, according to state data posted Wednesday.
Officials are struggling to recruit polling place workers to staff locations for this year’s election, so the county’s top election official wants to scale back plans.
The new data pushed the number of confirmed cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the state to 62,639, while the death toll reached 1,102.
The county said Monday it is increasing pay for polling place workers for the upcoming election. Of the estimated 3,100 workers it needs, only about 1,600 have signed up.