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Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Clark County, where new variants have been detected. But officials say there’s a weapon for fighting the new strains.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services said there have been 14 deaths among patients this year.
Monday’s Red Cross blood drive spurs competition between North Las Vegas fire and police departments.
Gov. Steve Sisolak and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Berra have pledged millions for crisis stabilization centers and for three-digit emergency lifeline.
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.
With staffing an issue across many workplaces, finding reinforcements during the coronavirus pandemic has proved problematic, Clark County’s emergency manager says.
With the county’s two mass vaccination clinics scheduled to close next month, health officials are looking for ways to get more newly eligible adolescents inoculated.
The 18-year-old, one of six cases of blood clotting nationwide being investigated in women who received the Johnson & Johnson shot, is improving “slowly, slowly, slowly,” family spokesman says.
Some of those receiving the vaccine at one Las Vegas site Tuesday said they didn’t make an appointment and weren’t asked for ID, despite a policy requiring both.
Celebrate Thanksgiving with just your household, or at least take these precautions recommended by the Southern Nevada Health District.
State health officials said people “get a level of comfort around friends or co-workers” that promotes the spread of disease. Nevada reported 582 new cases of COVID-19.
By activating their surge plans, hospitals can increase capacity 20 percent or more beyond their numbers of licensed beds. But space is only one piece of the puzzle.
The rate of positives from the Orleans site where anyone can be tested is much lower than the overall state rate of about 8 percent.
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