Nevada on Tuesday recorded 40 coronavirus deaths —the second-highest one-day toll since the start of the pandemic, according to state data.
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Some Southern Nevada hospitals postpone elective surgeries to handle COVID-19 surge.
State data posted Friday also shows that more than 1 million people in Nevada have now been tested for the new coronavirus.
Nevada health officials say they are trying to reduce the density of people in any environment, balancing policy and political considerations along with data.
The seven-day average for newly reported COVID-19 cases is now 2,019, more than double the number earlier this month.
Issues with the Southern Nevada Health District’s website prevented registrations and access on the portal to test results.
It is too soon for Gov. Steve Sisolak’s plea to residents to stay home as much as possible for two weeks to be reflected in the data, state officials said.
Numbers of cases, testing positivity rate, hospitalizations are all trending upwards in the state.
The state’s seven-day average of new cases also surpassed 1,000 for the first time since August, and hospitalizations across the state continued to climb.
For the first time since Aug. 14, the daily reported tally of new coronavirus cases topped more than 1,000 throughout Nevada on Saturday, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Three Moapa Schools announced Friday that COVID-19 exposure has sent several individuals home with symptoms and one school will begin full-time distance learning Friday as a result.
New data from the Department of Health and Human Services raises the state case total to 72,546 and pushes the death toll to 1,429.
This month, Nevada officials began analyzing disease investigation data to identify businesses and specific locations where infected residents may have been exposed to the virus.
Nevada reported 556 new cases of COVID-19 and a record 38 deaths on Thursday, as the death toll in Clark County surpassed 1,000.
With no signs of the COVID-19 pandemic receding anytime soon, more trouble can be seen on the horizon with the approach of flu season.