State officials released the latest figures for coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and across Nevada
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Nevada and three others states are the only ones in which all counties are experencing low levels of the virus.
After a post-Thanksgiving spike this month, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and statewide continue to decline, new state data shows.
But that doesn’t mean that older people who get the virus are more likely to die than they were earlier in the pandemic, one expert says.
The Thanksgiving holiday is likely partially to blame for a steep increase in cases in the past week in Clark County and statewide.
Cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and statewide plateau this week after increasing the prior week for the first time in three months.
Both hospitalizations and cases continue to decline in Clark County and Nevada.
The Southern Nevada Health District strongly recommends that people wear masks in public indoor places and stay up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations.
February emerged as the fourth deadliest month of the pandemic in Clark County, with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths reported since vaccinations became widely available, public health data shows.
Gov. Steve Sisolak’s medical advisory team isn’t discussing lifting the mandate; Las Vegas mayor says it’s time and that “the public is not stupid.”
With staffing an issue across many workplaces, finding reinforcements during the coronavirus pandemic has proved problematic, Clark County’s emergency manager says.
Last year’s optimism that the world might vanquish the new coronavirus has been replaced in 2022 with a growing resignation that it is here to stay.
As demand for COVID-19 testing soars, people with mild symptoms – or none at all – are crowding already busy Las Vegas-area emergency rooms to be tested for the coronavirus.
Coinciding flu and COVID-19 surges could overwhelm hospital emergency rooms in the Las Vegas Valley and elsewhere, health officials say.
Officials consider whether to ramp up test effort after UNLV site is overwhelmed when it reopens after weeklong closure.