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.
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Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an emergency directive Wednesday related to face coverings and other mitigation strategies for K-12 county school district, charter school and private school settings within Nevada.
The state reported 24 deaths and 993 new cases, the first time in two weeks that the daily case number was less than 1,000.
Sen. Jacky Rosen said Tuesday she does not support requiring vaccine passports for local events, pointing to continued COVID-19 mitigation efforts and improving vaccination rates.
All Nevadans 16 and older will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday.
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.
Nevada State Public Charter School Authority Executive Director Rebecca Feiden said she doesn’t anticipate recommending changes to in-person learning guidance.
As of Friday, 1,103 prisoners in Department of Corrections custody have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The state expects to receive vaccine doses from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.