The rt.live website, created by the co-founders of Instagram, calculates that each case of COVID-19 in Nevada is resulting in 1.56 new infections.
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The Las Vegas ISO-Q Complex, an isolation and quarantine center built for individuals experiencing homelessness, officially closed on Tuesday after serving 245 people since it opened April 13.
Coronavirus cases are rising in the Hispanic community and with young people in Clark County, but resistance or relaxation about precautions threatens to reverse strides in slowing its spread.
New cases were lower than the totals reported over the past three days, when a major surge in infections occurred.
It was the third straight day the health district reported more than 600 new cases in a 24-hour period, though the Saturday and Sunday counts were both inflated by older cases.
Young people, who tend not to get as sick from the coronavirus, are largely behind the recent surge in the state to record case levels, even as deaths have been declining.
The Southern Nevada Health District posted the data on the day that Gov. Steve Sisolak’s directive requiring people to wear face masks in nearly all public spaces took effect.
Both jurisdictions also reported one additional death as the recent surge in new cases continues.
All branches of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District have reinstated the use of study rooms, computers and Wi-Fi, bookshelf browsing and some adult education courses.
The new cases — coming on the heels of a record one-day jump of 412 in the county — brought the total to 11,481, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The figures may be somewhat inflated due to a reporting backlog that typically occurs over weekends.
Clark County recorded 288 new COVID-19 cases and two additional fatalities over the preceding day, according to government data posted Monday.
The Nevada figure was a one-day record for the outbreak, while the 317 new cases in Clark County marked the second time this week the county total surpassed 300.
New cases were above the daily average of slightly above 200 over the preceding week, while the death was below the daily average.
Clark County recorded 161 new COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths over the preceding day, according to data posted Wednesday by the Southern Nevada Health District.
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The fire, first reported shortly before noon, was just off State Route 160, some 7 miles east of Mountain Springs.