The Southern Nevada Health District announced Friday that the first subvariant of omicron was detected in Southern Nevada in a woman in her 40s.
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It was the first three-day decline in the 14-day average of new cases since early December, adding to evidence that the local surge of the disease is at or near its peak.
Police are using robots and drones valleywide to protect officers from potentially deadly situations, recently retired Metro Detective Roger Haskins said.
Continuing with a dangerous pattern, Nevada reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day Friday morning.
A North Las Vegas man told police he shot his fiancee to death because “he just snapped” during a fight, authorities said Wednesday.
Clark County added more than 3,500 new cases of the disease, while the state topped 4,000 cases for the first time on Friday.
An Oregon man wanted for dumping his girlfriend’s body in Bullhead City was arrested in Laughlin on Thursday, police said.