The Thanksgiving holiday is likely partially to blame for a steep increase in cases in the past week in Clark County and statewide.
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Cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and statewide plateau this week after increasing the prior week for the first time in three months.
Clark County reported fewer hospitalizations from COVID-19 this week as vaccines began rolling out for children 6 months to 5 years old in Southern Nevada on Wednesday.
Official case counts can be misleading, with a new study showing more than three uncounted cases for every confirmed case.
The inaccurate results generated by the Chicago-based lab that operated in Nevada suggest that Northshore didn’t even run the tests, a Nevada public health lab official said.
Rep. Susie Lee demanded accountability for a company that contracted with local governments in Nevada for COVID-19 testing but whose results were almost entirely wrong.
Clark County’s case rate per 100,000 people, another key CDC metric, also increased this week from 86.07 to 110.69.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced on Friday that he intends to end the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of others have been infected with COVID-19 at least three times, according to new data from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
More transmissible variants, waning immunity and unmasking are among the reasons for the growing number of COVID reinfections.
Clark County showed a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases in the state’s weekly update.
As cases of COVID-19 plummet, overall doses administered also are at their lowest point since the first week of vaccinations in mid-December 2020.
Clark County on Monday reported 661 new coronavirus cases and 27 deaths over the preceding three days, representing another period of significant progress against the disease.
Clark County on Thursday reported 396 new coronavirus cases and 19 deaths as most major long-term metrics continued to decline.
Clark County reported 306 new coronavirus cases and 19 deaths Wednesday, continuing trends that have gone on for weeks and moving the county farther away from the peak of the omicron surge.