COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
The state passed the latest in a year-and-a-half’s worth of grim milestones on Friday as the state’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 7,000.
Hundreds of people went to a northeast Las Vegas high school on Saturday morning to get a $100 gift card with their COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated figures from the Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought totals in the state to 394,595 cases and 6,583 deaths.
A 21-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department died this week from COVID-19, according to the Las Vegas Police Protective Association.
The president of the Clark County Medical Society, who also is an OB-GYN, is urging all pregnant people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
A month and a half after Las Vegas officer Jason Swanger died of COVID-19, fellow officers escorted his 9-year-old son to his first day of fourth grade.
The two-week moving average of new cases, which now stands at 468, has been climbing since it reached a low of 132 on June 5.
Nevada on Friday reported 262 new coronavirus cases and one additional death, according to state data.
Nevada on Thursday reported 350 new coronavirus cases and six new deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada’s two-week coronavirus test positivity rate continued to decrease on Wednesday, one day after reaching its lowest point in nearly a year .
Nevada on Friday reported 267 new coronavirus cases and eight additional deaths, according to state data.
Nevada on Thursday reported 232 new coronavirus cases and eight additional deaths, according to state data.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 227 new coronavirus cases and seven additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada on Tuesday reported 265 new coronavirus cases and four additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada on Friday reported 334 new coronavirus cases and two additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.