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Hospitalizations are rising at the same time large numbers of health care workers are getting ill and missing work, the Nevada Hospital Association said Wednesday.
New cases were well above the 14-day moving average, which increased by four to 328. Deaths were more than three times the moving average, which held steady at four fatalities per day.
Deaths from the disease caused by the new coronavirus hold steady in latest report, while hospitalizations tick down by one.
Updated data from the Department of Health and Human Services pushed the state’s totals to 362,275 cases and 5,979 deaths.
The uptick of the two-week positivity rate to 4.3 percent follows a week of the rate stagnating at 4.2 percent.
There was a 15-minute wait to get a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Southern Nevada Health District offices early Monday as eligibility expanded to all Nevadans 16 and up.
Exactly a year after the first coronavirus case was recorded in Nevada, the state has reported 295,460 cases and 5,020 deaths.
Nevada on Friday reported 897 new coronavirus cases, along with 39 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday announced an initiative aimed at distributing the coronavirus vaccine more equitably across racial and ethnic groups in Clark County.
The updated figures posted to the state Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought state totals to 235,455 cases and 3,235 deaths.
Clark County recorded 130 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths over the preceding day, according to data published Friday by the Southern Nevada Health District.
Both figures were well below the averages of the past week, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Tuesday.
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Members of the Henderson Fire Department demonstrated how they respond to a 911 call about a child trapped in a hot car.
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