After two ambulance companies consistently failed to meet required ambulance response times, Clark County approved a change to their contracts.
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The patient was a man over the age of 50 with a compromised immune system.
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.
Clark County on Monday reported 1,379 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths during the preceding three days as three of its four key metrics for the disease increased.
Clark County on Wednesday saw most of its major COVID-19 metrics continue to fall as it reported just 333 new coronavirus cases and 11 deaths recorded during the previous day.
Nevada passed a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus on Friday as it passed the 50 percent mark for vaccination of eligible residents.
The state’s test positivity rate, meanwhile, remains unchanged at 4.8 percent, according to state data posted Thursday.
Nevada on Friday reported the highest single-day increase in coronavirus deaths in nearly three months, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
There were 656 additional cases of the coronavirus reported in Nevada on Tuesday, along with 15 more deaths, state data shows.
Nevada reported 556 new cases of COVID-19 and a record 38 deaths on Thursday, as the death toll in Clark County surpassed 1,000.