Beginning Saturday, a new drive-thru COVID-19 testing site will be available in Summerlin.
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The site at 851 E. Tropicana Ave., just east of Paradise Road, across from UNLV’s Thomas Mack Center, will be closed from Sunday through Christmas.
A Summerlin private school is the first in the world using a device that is capable of detecting COVID-19 through noninvasive testing, according to school officials and the device’s manufacturer.
There are no available appointments for the public at large to sign up for at this time, a Las Vegas city spokesman said. Only residents who pre-registered are eligible.
Clark County’s “Stop, Swab Go” testing program has been extended through Sept. 25 after it fell well short of its goal of administering 60,000 tests.
About half of the residents at 190-bed The Heights in Summerlin have been infected by the new coronavirus. The death toll is now the highest at any state-regulated institution.
The Heights of Summerlin reported its seventh death. Nearly 1,000 cases among staff and residents have been reported at more than 50 facilities.
Officials are not releasing the names of the people who have died fighting COVID-19. Here’s how you can help tell their stories.
In his final days, Edward Turken, 96, serenaded his son over the phone with tunes like “Stayin’ Alive” and “California Dreamin’ ” from his bed in the ICU unit at Summerlin Hospital.
A resident of Sun City Summerlin who tested positive for the coronavirus has died. Five others in the 55-and-older community have tested positive.