On Wednesday, the district clarified that it is still doing some testing but is “asking health care providers to send their specimens to private laboratories for testing.”
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Health authorities on Friday announced eight new positive tests for COVID-19 in Clark County and one in Northern Nevada, bringing the state total of coronavirus cases to 20.
Eleven people died of the flu in Clark County during the last week in January, bringing the seasonal total to 24, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The Southern Nevada Health District is monitoring an undisclosed number of Clark County residents who recently returned from mainland China for the new coronavirus.
Two new deaths from the flu have been recorded in Clark County in the past week, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The resident has been discharged from a local hospital and is in isolation at home, said the Southern Nevada Health District, which is awaiting test results from the CDC.
While the global spread of the new coronavirus from China grabs headlines, the flu already has sickened 15 million people in the U.S. and killed about 8,200 this season.
The nonprofit says type O blood donors are especially needed, as it has less than a three-day supply available.
So far this flu season, there have been 758 people hospitalized with the flu in Clark County, and 11 deaths, including that of a child under the age of 5.
Two Southern Nevada ambulance companies are asking residents to help light up the outside of the hospitals with flashlights and neon lights to show support for the children.
Walgreens flu index uses prescriptions for antiviral medications such as Tamiflu, which are used to treat influenza, to track the spread of the virus around the nation.
The flu vaccine is available at the Southern Nevada Health District’s immunization clinics as well as community clinics and pharmacies throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
The change would be “disastrous” for Southern Nevada, dramatically lengthening wait times for patients, said Dr. John Ham, medical director at UMC’s Center for Transplantation.
A new report by the Southern Nevada Health District brings total number of cases in the county to three.
New research showing that Las Vegas is facing the worst shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists in the U.S. comes as no surprise to members of the local medical community.