Nevada and three others states are the only ones in which all counties are experencing low levels of the virus.
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The Elko County Board of Health on Wednesday decided not to ban COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.
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.
With COVID-19 at medium levels in Clark County, the health district recommends indoor mask use for those 65 and older or with underlying health conditions.
Individuals can make appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations, routine immunizations and monkeypox vaccinations.
Both hospitalizations and cases continue to decline in Clark County and Nevada.
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.
Most metrics have been on the rise for months, but the rate of the increase has gone up in recent weeks.
“We’re starting to see a slight uptick in positive cases, so anything somebody can do to protect themselves and if you do get COVID, it’d be a lot less severe,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said.
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.
The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Clark County on Monday reported 503 new coronavirus cases and 38 deaths over the preceding three days, while state metrics did not update because of the Presidents’ Day holiday.
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.