Even though there’s some good news in this summer’s COVID data, some groups continue to be hit hard by the disease, a Review-Journal analysis indicates.
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“Monkeypox has not yet burst out of the population that it is most affecting,” men who have sex with men, an infectious disease expert said.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Clark County have fallen to 100 from a high this year of 1,700 in January, according to state data released Wednesday.
Cases remain almost exclusively in men, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
Hospitalizations, cases and deaths decline, according to data released Wednesday, the same day the FDA authorized updated boosters aimed at preventing a winter surge.
A case of polio in New York City, and the discovery of the virus in wastewater there, have prompted Southern Nevada to prepare to look for the virus in the community’s wastewater.
“We are in control mode now,” a Southern Nevada Health District official said.
A county health official expressed concern that the virus, which primarily has affected men who have sex with men, could become endemic and spill over into the general population.
Nevada has the highest percentage of one-star acute-care hospitals of any state, the lowest rating given by the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services.
Last week, Clark County’s levels were designated as medium, and the week before that as high.
Clark County has hit a milestone of 100 confirmed or probable cases of monkeypox, 99 of them in men, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
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The finding suggests there are more infections than the 23 cases reported in Clark County.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and Nevada dropped for the third straight week.
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