Health officials reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in Nevada on Sunday and two additional deaths. Of those cases, 807 were reported in Clark County.
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Health officials announced plans to train and add more than 400 new positions to handle contact tracing of local COVID-19 patients as they battle rising case numbers in Clark County and an ever-increasing statewide infection rate.
Health officials reported 948 new COVID-19 cases and one death in Nevada on Monday, breaking a streak of five days with more than 1,000 cases reported in the state.
Clark County recorded 152 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death as of Sunday morning, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
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The latest cases are the more serious neuroinvasive form of the illness and occurred in men over the age of 50, the Southern Nevada Health District reported.
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The two victims were older than 65 and died of the flu between April 28 and May 4, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The toll so far this flu season, which lasts from October to the end of May compares with 64 deaths that had been reported at this point last year, authorities say.
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The Southern Nevada Health District reported two new flu deaths at the end of March.
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