The cases raised the state total to 68,908. The death total in Nevada was unchanged, at 1,302.
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Fifteen additional deaths from the coronavirus were reported in Nevada on Saturday, all of which were in Clark County, according to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada State Public Charter School Authority granted an exemption to a distance learning mandate for Pinecrest, Mater and Doral academy campuses in Northern Nevada.
New figures posted by the Department of Health and Human Services raised the case total for the state to 67,852 and the death toll to 1,287.
A 25-year-old Washoe County man is the nation’s first COVID-19 patient proven to have been reinfected by the new coronavirus, according to the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory in Reno.
This month, Nevada officials began analyzing disease investigation data to identify businesses and specific locations where infected residents may have been exposed to the virus.
The department reports 65,601 coronavirus cases with a death toll of 1,197 throughout the state to date.
Nevada on Saturday reported an additional 12 coronavirus deaths in the state, all of which occurred in Clark County, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Last year the Southern Nevada Health District declared an outbreak after recording the most West Nile cases in a season. In 2020, no cases have been reported in Clark County.
Nevada reported 556 new cases of COVID-19 and a record 38 deaths on Thursday, as the death toll in Clark County surpassed 1,000.
State health officials reported 697 new COVID-19 cases in Nevada on Sunday and three additional deaths. Two of those deaths and 628 cases were in Clark County.
Nevada reported 24 additional coronavirus deaths on Saturday, along with 859 more cases, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Esmeralda is the only Nevada county to report no COVID- 19 cases, a rarity in a state that has seen more than 60,600 cases and 1,069 deaths. There are reasons, of course.
In July, 69 Nevada inmates at the Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, had tested positive for the virus.
Public agencies have refused to identify most people who died of COVID-19 in Nevada. The Review-Journal continues to memorialize lives lost — you can help us.