Clark County on Monday reported 6,245 new coronavirus cases and 27 additional deaths over the weekend.
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The decision was bolstered by real-world evidence from the more than 200 million doses administered in the U.S. since the FDA cleared the shot in December 2020.
After a week of decreases in major COVID-19 metrics, a public health official said Thursday that the current omicron-driven surge has peaked in Clark County.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Monday reported 14,559 new COVID-19 cases and 39 deaths over weekend.
Julia Kidd, a nurse at UMC, sought an exemption from the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate based on her pagan beliefs. Her request was denied and she was suspended.
It was the first three-day decline in the 14-day average of new cases since early December, adding to evidence that the local surge of the disease is at or near its peak.
COVID-19 data for Clark County on Thursday provided a mix of good and bad news, with the new cases registering a second straight decline as hospitalizations reached a new high.
With staffing an issue across many workplaces, finding reinforcements during the coronavirus pandemic has proved problematic, Clark County’s emergency manager says.
Updated data for Clark County on Wednesday provided a glimmer of hope that the local wave may have crested, but public health officials cautioned that it’s too soon to tell.
The number of people with COVID-19 in Clark County hospitals has exceeded the highs seen during last winter’s surge, and key metrics suggest the disease has not yet peaked.
Clark County on Monday reported 12,701 new COVID-19 cases and 21 additional deaths during the preceding three days.
Continuing with a dangerous pattern, Nevada reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day Friday morning.
Omicron now accounts for 92 percent of cases in Clark County, according to data from the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.
An increasing number of sick employees and an continuing rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations have extended a staffing crisis in Southern Nevada hospitals for a second week.
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