The jump in fatalities, which brought the death toll in the state to 830, was the highest single-day increase announced by the state since the beginning of the outbreak.
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Nevada recorded 1,018 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 more deaths over the preceding day as the death toll in the state surged past 800, according to data posted Thursday.
The number of new cases was below the daily average of slightly more than 1,058 over the preceding week and was the lowest daily total announced by the agency since July 20.
Nevada recorded 1,105 new cases of COVID-19 and 20 additional deaths over the preceding day, according to state data posted Tuesday.
“The pandemic is making an already very bad situation monumentally worse,” said Derek Price, CEO of Desert Hope Treatment Center.
New cases were below the daily average of just over 1,011 over the preceding week, while fatalities were below the daily average of more than 12 over the period.
Some government agencies have refused to release their pre-pandemic plans to allow the public to assess how well the agency was prepared for the coronavirus.
The agency overseeing the regional response to the coronavirus pandemic is scrambling to locate places for tens of thousands of students to learn outside the home as the school district prepares for virtual instruction.
When the new school year begins in August, students can walk or take buses to the nearest school to pick up free meals to take home, Superintendent Jesus Jara said.
Nevada recorded 966 new COVID-19 cases and 13 additional deaths as total cases surpassed 40,000, according to data posted Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services.