According to Metro, four out of the six drug overdoses were preliminarily identified as fentanyl overdoses.
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Clark County added 423 new cases and 14 new deaths Friday, according to health district data. As of Friday the county reported 489,011 cases and 7,552 deaths.
Nevada on Friday reported 361 new coronavirus cases and one additional death, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The state reported 18 new deaths over the preceding day on Thursday, bringing the cumulative total of fatalities in the state to 5,005.
Nevada no longer has one of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates per capita in the U.S., according to federal data released Thursday.
The state expects to receive vaccine doses from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.
State data posted Friday also shows that more than 1 million people in Nevada have now been tested for the new coronavirus.
Nevada’s first reported case of the coronavirus was March 5. In the months that have passed, the state has seen a drop in its seven-day average of new cases and hospitalizations are down.