The state passed the latest in a year-and-a-half’s worth of grim milestones on Friday as the state’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 7,000.
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Updated figures from the Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought totals in the state to 394,595 cases and 6,583 deaths.
All of the deaths recorded on Tuesday occurred in Clark County, according to data from the Southern Nevada Health District’s coronavirus website.
The health district announced it received its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine, the second drug to win emergency authorization from the federal government.
State data posted Friday also shows that more than 1 million people in Nevada have now been tested for the new coronavirus.
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