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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Three sisters have been located safely Thursday afternoon after they went missing around midnight, police said.
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.
A woman charged with murder in connection with a man’s body found at a tow yard in November has been extradited to Clark County from Atlanta, Las Vegas police said.
Jordan Barson had more than nine times the amount of the drug in his system to be legally considered impaired, according to an arrest warrant.
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.
A portion of northbound Interstate 15 near Overton is closed Thursday morning following a crash that caused a fuel leak, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.