COVID-19 self-test vending machines have opened at two locations, according to a Southern Nevada Health District news release.
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Clark County on Wednesday reported 415 new coronavirus cases and 26 deaths, as most long-term metrics continued to decline.
Local governments in Southern Nevada say they focus on education rather than citations when it comes to mask enforcement.
Clark County reported 715 new coronavirus cases and 31 deaths, as cases continued to drop and Gov. Steve Sisolak planned a COVID-19 news conference for Thursday.
Gov. Steve Sisolak is widely expected to announce the suspension of Nevada’s mask mandate at a virtual news conference he’s scheduled for Thursday.
Sam Boyd Stadium played host to a familiar scene on Sunday night — lines of cars causing traffic delays as Nevadans faced hourslong waits to get a COVID-19 test at the valley’s largest site.
This “variant of interest” has a unique mutation that may make it resistant to the protection offered by vaccine and past infection.
Nevada’s two-week positivity rate, which essentially tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who are found to be infected, dropped slightly to 3.4 percent.
At least one of the three confirmed cases of the Brazilian variant — thought to spread more easily — occurred in Clark County, the state’s lab director said.
Clark County’s two mass COVID-19 vaccination sites, as well as smaller sites, are operating well below capacity.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 3,053 new coronavirus cases and 25 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Numbers of cases, testing positivity rate, hospitalizations are all trending upwards in the state.
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.
Federal data released June 1 showed 126 COVID-19 deaths in the state’s nursing homes. As of Tuesday morning, state officials had reported only 92.
The total number of coronavirus cases in state remains at 4. Health officials say they have not found evidence of any local transmission of the illness.