For the second day in a row, Nevada on Thursday reported the highest one-day increase in new coronavirus cases in more than six months.
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Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom is proposing using federal coronavirus relief funds to give $100 to every person who gets vaccinated, the latest incentive to be offered in Nevada.
The data posted by the Department of Health and Human Services raised the state’s totals to 353,746 cases and 5,874 deaths.
Updated data from the Department of Health and Human Services posted on the state’s coronavirus website showed 1,143 people hospitalized with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, a sharp increase of 97 from Monday’s report.
The Clark County Republican Party will resume a July 20 meeting that ended in chaos and without electing new leadership on Aug. 17.
The Clark County Republican Party is in flux as members fight over whether an existing slate of officers may still conduct party meetings.
The record totals since the state halted weekend reporting in mid-April came as the state test positivity rate for the disease jumped to 13.5 percent.
Nevada on Friday reported 1,003 new coronavirus cases and 20 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Speakers at Tuesday’s Clark County Commission emergency meeting demonstrated that local officials are fighting a deep well of vaccine and mask resistance.
The state Health and Human Services Department also reported eight deaths and a 0.1 percentage increase in the COVID-19 test positivity rate, which now stands at 12.7 percent.
Hundreds found instant employment during a recent large-scale job fair at the Las Vegas Convention Center, according to Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 931 new coronavirus cases and 28 deaths over the preceding day — the latter a concerning number that was inflated by delayed reporting.
Nevada on Tuesday reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time in nearly six months as new data showed the delta variant strengthening.
The mandate from the county commission during an emergency meeting Tuesday comes as the lawmakers try to slow a rise in COVID-19 cases.
The number of new cases was the highest three-day total since the state halted weekend reporting of COVID-19 data in mid-April.
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