Officials said few people in the state have administered more COVID-19 vaccines than Nevada Air Guard Capt. Caleena Longworth. She graduated from medical school in May.
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Nevada on Thursday reported 350 new coronavirus cases and six new deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
A Southern Nevada research center is looking for kids ages 12 to 17 to join a clinical trial testing the effects of a new COVID-19 vaccine on this age group.
The facility at the Las Vegas Convention Center will have the capacity to administer more than a thousand vaccines each day, public health officials say.
Among them are a pop-up COVID vaccination site at Palace Station on Thursday and Friday offered by the city, Station Casinos and the Southern Nevada Health District.
COVID-19 vaccine allocations have been based on an aggregation of how many adults lived in each state from 2014 through 2018, not the most recent population data.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 395 new coronavirus cases and 20 additional deaths, state data shows. The cumulative total of deaths from COVID-19 in the state stood at 4,987.
Thos 16 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine next week in Nevada, one of several states to open up access to the coronavirus vaccine.
For the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, the Southern Nevada Health District voluntarily published a list of Clark County’s most common “possible exposure sites.”
Nevada on Thursday reported 48 coronavirus deaths, the most recorded in a single day since the pandemic began, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada on Tuesday recorded the highest daily increase in reported coronavirus deaths since mid-September, according to Department of Health and Human Services’ data.
Nevada’s Battle Born Medical Corp seeks volunteers to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. The state’s nurses are answering the call.
Health officials for months have declined to identify specific spreading events or case clusters in Southern Nevada beyond nursing homes and other licensed facilities.
Data posted Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services pushed total cases in the state to 70,223, while the fatalities raised the death toll to 1,363.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday that Nevada is “moving in the right direction” in its battle to stem the spread of COVID-19, but cautioned that “we have a long way to go” before restrictions can be lifted.
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