As demand for COVID-19 testing soars, people with mild symptoms – or none at all – are crowding already busy Las Vegas-area emergency rooms to be tested for the coronavirus.
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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.
The facility at the Las Vegas Convention Center will have the capacity to administer more than a thousand vaccines each day, public health officials say.
Thos 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine next week in Nevada, one of several states to open up access to the coronavirus vaccine.