Records show the losses are often due to the challenges of administering the highly-sensitive COVID-19 vaccine within a rigid timeframe before it spoils.
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Clark County will start to use a new statewide COVID-19 vaccine registration system next week, replacing individual systems used by local governments.
Gov. Steve Sisolak provided an update on Nevada’s COVID-19 vaccination playbook, education and youth sports on Wednesday.
Nevada residents in eligible groups can receive COVID-19 vaccines at many Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies across the state.
Nevada no longer has one of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates per capita in the U.S., according to federal data released Thursday.
New cases of COVID-19 in Nevada rebounded somewhat to 1,328 over the preceding day as the state added 37 new deaths from the disease, according to state data posted Friday.
“Our primary goal is to ensure we don’t let any doses go to waste. We want to maximize every dose that comes into the state — and avoid expired or unused doses,” he said.
The fatalities from the disease and new cases of COVID-19 reported by the state over the preceding day were well above the 14-day rolling averages.
Nevada recorded 2,470 new cases of COVID-19 and 47 deaths from the disease over the preceding day, according to state data posted Wednesday.
The latest figures pushed the state totals to 212,211 cases and 2,916 deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada public health officials reported 1,939 new coronavirus cases and six additional deaths on Monday.
COVID-19 vaccination of residents and staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Nevada begins Monday.
Clark County reached a somber milestone Monday when three new coronavirus-related deaths pushed the county’s death toll beyond 2,000.
The first dose of COVID-19 vaccine was given to a Las Vegas ICU nurse on Monday.
Gov. Sisolak announced Sunday that the “statewide pause” put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 will be extended into January and that the state will re-implement a moratorium on most residential evictions.
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