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.
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Investigators have collected information from infected Nevadans using an extensive 65-question survey. Many of those data points are now being abandoned.
The state’s coronavirus data dashboard now focuses on 14-day moving averages to better assess trends over time and the impact on communities.
Lack of preparedness contributed to cases surging in ZIP codes 89030 and 89110. Both neighborhoods have a population that is about two-thirds Latino, double that of Clark County as a whole.
The Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System in Henderson has been used to clean more than 1,700 of the N95 masks since early May.
University Medical Center in Las Vegas has spent more than $25 million on protective gear and other equipment to fight coronavirus so far this year.