State and local officials across Nevada signed agreements with Northshore Clinical Labs, a COVID testing laboratory run by men with local political connections. There was only one problem: Its tests didn’t work.
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Clark County on Monday reported 12,701 new COVID-19 cases and 21 additional deaths during the preceding three days.
Updated figures posted by the Southern Nevada Health District pushed totals to the county to 339,123 cases and 6,096 deaths.
Nevada on Friday reported 1,371 new coronavirus cases and 24 deaths over the preceding day as other key COVID-19 metrics improved slightly.
Nevada’s key coronavirus metrics remained at high levels on Tuesday, with 1,002 COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths reported, but the state’s test positivity rate registered its third straight decline.
Vaccinations, entertainment and some expensive prizes were offered at #VivaVaxVegas, a Strip-side vaccination clinic at Park MGM.
State reports 296 new coronavirus cases and seven additional deaths over the preceding day, as the state test positivity rate remains unchanged.
The latest coronavirus mutant federally classified as a “variant of concern” now accounts for 10 percent of new U.S. cases and possibly twice that rate in Nevada, health officials say.
All Nevadans 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5, while those of the same age group with underlying conditions can get their shot as early as next week.
Clark County will start to use a new statewide COVID-19 vaccine registration system next week, replacing individual systems used by local governments.