Nevada recorded more than 5,000 excess deaths after COVID-19 struck, according to a 50-state national study.
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The “3 Million Reasons” campaign will remind people in the “hesitancy spectrum” that immunization will allow them to safely gather together, state officials announced.
Clark County will start to use a new statewide COVID-19 vaccine registration system next week, replacing individual systems used by local governments.
Nevada no longer has one of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates per capita in the U.S., according to federal data released Thursday.
The state ranked 44th, landing alongside neighboring California, Arizona and Idaho.
Nevada signed a $28.4 million contract to hire hundreds of workers in June, paid with federal CARES Act relief funds.
The seven-day average for newly reported COVID-19 cases is now 2,019, more than double the number earlier this month.
The state’s seven-day average of new cases also surpassed 1,000 for the first time since August, and hospitalizations across the state continued to climb.
In an emergency meeting Thursday, a state virus task force approved an indefinite extension to a Washoe County directive limiting the size of gatherings.
Health officials for months have declined to identify specific spreading events or case clusters in Southern Nevada beyond nursing homes and other licensed facilities.