Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
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As cases of COVID-19 plummet, overall doses administered also are at their lowest point since the first week of vaccinations in mid-December 2020.
Updated data for Clark County on Wednesday provided a glimmer of hope that the local wave may have crested, but public health officials cautioned that it’s too soon to tell.
The Clark County School District reopened its campuses Wednesday, but officials couldn’t say whether the extreme staffing shortages of last week had improved during the break.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced another round of winners Thursday as part of the seventh and penultimate “Vax Nevada Days” raffle.
The mandate from the county commission during an emergency meeting Tuesday comes as the lawmakers try to slow a rise in COVID-19 cases.
The number of new cases was the highest three-day total since the state halted weekend reporting of COVID-19 data in mid-April.
With the county’s two mass vaccination clinics scheduled to close next month, health officials are looking for ways to get more newly eligible adolescents inoculated.
The state is warning Nevadans about scammers trying to sell fake COVID-19 vaccination cards.
Some of those receiving the vaccine at one Las Vegas site Tuesday said they didn’t make an appointment and weren’t asked for ID, despite a policy requiring both.
Las Vegas and Clark County were among the many communities across the U.S. participating in a national remembrance for the 400,000-plus people who have succumbed to the coronavirus.
Nevada recorded 389 new cases of the disease over the preceding day, but saw its second-highest one-day increase in deaths with 32, according to state data posted Wednesday.
Friends and family spoke for hours Wednesday during Lt. Erik Lloyd’s funeral in Henderson, describing a man who had a “zest for life” and an impeccable work ethic.
Following an uptick in passenger volume, bus service in the Las Vegas Valley is set to be increased after the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada reduced service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Superintendent says no decisions have yet been reached on the timing of the reopening of the schools, which were ordered closed by Gov. Steve Sisolak on March 15.
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The Board of School Trustees decided on an Illinois-based search firm to recommend candidates for the office.
Researchers are looking for people in the Las Vegas Valley with loved ones who have the disease also known as juvenile diabetes.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
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