Southern Nevada health officials started a new process to identify when fully vaccinated people get COVID-19. It changed the way data was reported.
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A healthy 23-year-old died of COVID-19. He was one of more than 360 new deaths announced statewide so far in August, already the state’s fifth-deadliest month of the pandemic.
Since the state reopened businesses in early June, summer surge cases have been concentrated in the south and northwest Las Vegas Valley.
“The viruses that unvaccinated people are facing right now are the Olympic champions of infecting people, ” said Mark Pandori, director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
A trade show in Las Vegas will utilize V-Health Passport, and Clear’s Health Pass is already in use at Golden Knights games.
Clark County’s two mass COVID-19 vaccination sites, as well as smaller sites, are operating well below capacity.
COVID-19 vaccine allocations have been based on an aggregation of how many adults lived in each state from 2014 through 2018, not the most recent population data.
Data shows fewer doses have gone to residents of Black and Latino neighborhoods with high COVID-19 cases. The disparities have raised alarm among health officials.
For the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, the Southern Nevada Health District voluntarily published a list of Clark County’s most common “possible exposure sites.”
Southern Nevada Health District posted Monday morning that “frontline community support” workers can schedule an appointment.
Fallout from New Year’s Eve? Health officials say the spontaneous gathering of thousands on the Las Vegas Strip could result in a COVID-19 superspreader event.
Hospital workers in Clark County say the COVID-19 surge is pushing them to their limits, despite the Nevada Hospital Association’s assurances that hospitals can take more patients.
Investigators have collected information from infected Nevadans using an extensive 65-question survey. Many of those data points are now being abandoned.
After months of lockdowns, social isolation and mask-wearing, Nevada health officials are concerned about residents ignoring coronavirus precautions.
Health officials for months have declined to identify specific spreading events or case clusters in Southern Nevada beyond nursing homes and other licensed facilities.
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The early June heat wave may set a record for the earliest 110-degree reading at the Las Vegas airport. Area cooling centers will be open Wednesday through Friday.
Two victims killed after a wrong-way driver struck their vehicle Saturday near Boulder City were identified as Arizona residents.
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Five people were treated for minor injuries after a six-car accident Sunday on U.S. 95 and South Decatur Boulevard, including one car that rolled over.