Nevada no longer has one of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates per capita in the U.S., according to federal data released Thursday.
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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.”
There are no available appointments for the public at large to sign up for at this time, a Las Vegas city spokesman said. Only residents who pre-registered are eligible.
Questions have dogged state officials since data showed Nevada consistently ranking near the bottom of lists for both obtaining vaccine doses and putting shots in arms.
Anxious Nevada residents eager for the potentially life-saving vaccine are frustrated after attempts to make appointments amid inconsistent communication from coordinating agencies.
About one-third of Las Vegas Fire Rescue Department’s firefighters, engineers and paramedics, had received the COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday.
Southern Nevada Health District posted Monday morning that “frontline community support” workers can schedule an appointment.
The state ranked 44th, landing alongside neighboring California, Arizona and Idaho.
Fallout from New Year’s Eve? Health officials say the spontaneous gathering of thousands on the Las Vegas Strip could result in a COVID-19 superspreader event.
Nevada launched an updated COVID-19 data dashboard, providing the public with more local data about the impact of the coronavirus.
State biostatistician Kyra Morgan addressed the governor’s COVID-19 task force on a day in which 1,747 new cases of the disease and 46 deaths were reported.
Hospital workers in Clark County say the COVID-19 surge is pushing them to their limits, despite the Nevada Hospital Association’s assurances that hospitals can take more patients.
Last year, more than 300,000 revelers packed the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street Experience to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Investigators have collected information from infected Nevadans using an extensive 65-question survey. Many of those data points are now being abandoned.
The seven-day average for newly reported COVID-19 cases is now 2,019, more than double the number earlier this month.
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