The fatalities from the disease and new cases of COVID-19 reported by the state over the preceding day were well above the 14-day rolling averages.
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The latest figures pushed the state totals to 212,211 cases and 2,916 deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The health district announced it received its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine, the second drug to win emergency authorization from the federal government.
Nevada on Friday reported 35 new coronavirus deaths and 2,878 additional cases, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada will receive 42 percent fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine next week, one of 13 states reporting that their expected second shipments have been reduced by the federal government.
Nevada reported improvement Thursday in most of the major COVID-19 metrics it tracks, but state officials warned that the slowdown observed in recent days may be temporary.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 57 deaths from the disease over the preceding day, as 2,366 additional cases were below recent levels.
The fatalities tied for the second highest number of deaths recorded in a single day since the pandemic arrived in Nevada in early March.
The spike in coronavirus cases in Nevada is pressuring hospitals, especially in Southern Nevada where a record 90 percent of licensed beds were full as of Friday.
The figure was the biggest single-day increase in reported fatalities since the pandemic began in March and was the second record set in a week.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 3,053 new coronavirus cases and 25 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada on Tuesday recorded 40 coronavirus deaths —the second-highest one-day toll since the start of the pandemic, according to state data.
State data posted Friday also shows that more than 1 million people in Nevada have now been tested for the new coronavirus.
Nevada on Thursday reported 48 coronavirus deaths, the most recorded in a single day since the pandemic began, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
There were 35 new coronavirus deaths reported on Wednesday, the most since the record 38 deaths were recorded more than three months ago.
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