The county has reached a milestone in the effort to identify the spread of infection in the region as statewide cases and hospitalizations rise and the vaccine rolls out.
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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.
The drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Texas Station is relocating indoors next week to Cashman Center, ending a roughly monthlong operation at the hotel-casino’s parking garage.
The House is expected to vote next week on the Great American Outdoors Act, which will fully fund the Land Water Conservation Fund and carve a significant dent into a $12 billion maintenance backlog at national parks.
Clark County Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick said Tuesday she was “confident” that most people in Southern Nevada will wear face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Laughlin residents may get tested for the coronavirus on a first-come, first-served basis Thursday at Laughlin Junior/Senior High School, according to Clark County.
Coronavirus cases are rising in the Hispanic community and with young people in Clark County, but resistance or relaxation about precautions threatens to reverse strides in slowing its spread.
More than 1,200 coronavirus tests were administered during the first day of operations for the new community-based site at UNLV on Wednesday.
Clark County officials hope the relocation of the coronavirus testing site to UNLV will capture data from a population thus far underreported: children.
Ten drive-thru coronavirus testing sites will be opening in Walmart parking lots across Nevada beginning Monday, the city of Las Vegas said Thursday.
Of the 5,000-plus confirmed coronavirus cases thus far in Clark County, about 27 percent have been identified as Hispanic, the ethnicity group hardest struck by the disease, local officials said Wednesday.
Laughlin residents starting Wednesday may register by phone for an appointment to participate in free drive-thru coronavirus testing next week at the Aquarius.
Clark County and University Medical Center on Tuesday will launch drive-thru coronavirus testing by appointment only inside a parking garage at The Orleans, an operation that leaders say will soon be duplicated throughout the county.
A Clark County employee working in a licensed shelter for children who cannot safely remain with their families has tested positive for coronavirus, the county said.
The search by leaders in the region for bed space for such patients will not end there as officials anticipate facing a crisis affecting cities across the country: Hospital bed shortages.