The Culinary Union plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against “major Las Vegas Strip casino companies,” alleging that casinos have not adequately protected workers from the coronavirus.
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The unusually high number of coronavirus cases reported in Nevada on Saturday was caused by a delay in laboratory reporting from the Southern Nevada Health District earlier this week, but it still shows evidence of the recent spike in cases, officials said.
The number of Nevada prisoners with positive test results went from nine on Wednesday to 15 on Thursday, but the infection rate in the state’s prisons remains low.
For the second day in a row, Nevada recorded more than 400 new cases of the coronavirus, as Clark County saw similar numbers, marking another day of increased infections.
In May, the Nevada Department of Corrections had tested less than half of 1 percent of its prisoners for the coronavirus, but now more than 6,700 people in the prison facilities have been tested, officials said.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported 242 more cases of the coronavirus in Clark County as of Saturday morning, but no additional deaths.
The new Southern Nevada Health District data for Clark County brings the total number of cases in the county to 7,331, with 358 deaths.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported 126 new coronavirus cases and three additional deaths in Clark County as of Tuesday morning.