The county’s seven-day case rate per 100,000 people increased to 217.01 from 154.63 last week, continuing a recent trend as a new wave of the virus sweeps through Southern Nevada.
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Most metrics have been on the rise for months, but the rate of the increase has gone up in recent weeks.
“We’re starting to see a slight uptick in positive cases, so anything somebody can do to protect themselves and if you do get COVID, it’d be a lot less severe,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said.
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward.
Clark County showed a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases in the state’s weekly update.
As cases of COVID-19 plummet, overall doses administered also are at their lowest point since the first week of vaccinations in mid-December 2020.
The requirement had been set to expire on March 18, but was extended by a month to allow the public health agency time to develop new, more targeted policies.
The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter.
A national organizer for the convoy said the demonstration’s goals are freedom, liberty, accountability and an end to a national emergency declaration for COVID-19.
Clark County on Monday reported 503 new coronavirus cases and 38 deaths over the preceding three days, while state metrics did not update because of the Presidents’ Day holiday.