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.
Formerly an emergency response to school closures, distance learning may become a permanent fixture on Nevada’s learning landscape.
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.
The mobile clinic in the parking lot of the Bob Ruud Community Center will also operate on Friday and Saturday.
The Department of Corrections declined to identify the 55 prisoners who records show died after testing positive for the virus. The Review-Journal independently identified 39.
Clark County’s two mass COVID-19 vaccination sites, as well as smaller sites, are operating well below capacity.
Nevada reached a sobering milestone Saturday when officials reported 56 additional coronavirus deaths, raising the total for the week to 299, the highest number recorded in one week since the pandemic’s start.
Starting Thursday, Nevadans with Apple devices will be able to receive notifications that they have been exposed to the coronavirus without downloading an app.
