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The Southern Nevada Health District is recommending that gatherings of more than 1,000 people not be approved for the time being.
Cases have been trending up since mid-September. Deaths, a disease indicator that lags a month or more behind cases, have been trending down since August.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday praised Southern Nevada for progress it has made against COVID-19, while stressing the community will need to remain vigilant to reopen safely and return to greater normalcy.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday that Nevada is “moving in the right direction” in its battle to stem the spread of COVID-19, but cautioned that “we have a long way to go” before restrictions can be lifted.
Andrew Pascal set out to build an app to aid in contact tracing in the state. He ended up bankrolling a privacy-centered solution to help all the state’s residents.
While other states have identified COVID clusters, Nevada health officials have yet to name specific spreading events or clusters beyond nursing homes and other state-licensed facilities. This includes casinos.
With no signs of the COVID-19 pandemic receding anytime soon, more trouble can be seen on the horizon with the approach of flu season.
The Silver State is one of nine states with the greatest likelihood of a larger number of deaths in the weeks ahead, according to new forecasting by universities and the CDC.
University Medical Center is asking members of the public without COVID-19 symptoms or exposure to a confirmed case to refrain from visiting its drive-thru testing sites.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center on Thursday began delaying certain elective surgeries to preserve capacity in the face of escalating hospitalizations for COVID-19.
The demand for testing in Nevada has grown as coronavirus cases have surged across the country, especially in the Southwest.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported Friday it has confirmed the first case in Clark County of a new syndrome in children related to COVID-19.
The agency warns that some coronavirus antibody tests are inaccurate and said even the better ones should not be used to determine who can safely return to work or school.
The Clark County-run medical center in Las Vegas says it is the only hospital in Nevada to test all admitted patients for COVID-19.