COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
The federal lawsuit filed this week argues that both the vaccination mandate and a requirement that unvaccinated workers be tested for COVID-19 are unconstitutional.
Clark County on Wednesday recorded 499 new coronavirus cases and 12 deaths during the previous day, as three of it four major COVID-19 metrics moved higher.
The woman, who is fully vaccinated but had not received a booster shot, is not hospitalized, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
While some other counties in Nevada are making progress toward exiting the state’s face mask mandate, metrics for Clark County have been moving in the wrong direction.
Clark County on Monday recorded 1,160 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths during the previous three days as key metrics for the disease pointed in different directions.
Initially plagued by scarce supply and high demand, the state and local public health drive morphed into a well-oiled machine — but one with abundant doses and too few takers.
Clark County on Friday reported 434 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 deaths during the previous day as key metrics for the disease all ended the week higher than the last.
The 796 new coronavirus cases added in updated data from the Southern Nevada Health District was the most since the district reported 824 new cases on Sept. 11.
Updated figures posted by the Southern Nevada Health District pushed totals in the county to 347,863 cases and 6,279 deaths.
Blood samples taken a month after a booster showed people had levels of omicron-neutralizing antibodies that were similar to amounts proven protective against earlier variants after two doses.
Clark County on Tuesday reported 528 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths during the previous day as all four of its major COVID-19 metrics increased.
The county’s test positivity rate continued to climb from Friday through Sunday and now stands at 7 percent. Other metrics were flat to lower.
The Nevada System of Higher Education reported a 92 percent compliance rate with the mandate, but said termination notices have already been sent to most who didn’t.
Clark County on Friday reported 483 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths from the disease during the previous day as well as a sharp jump in its test positivity rate.
Nevada will be the first state to charge state workers enrolled in public employee health insurance plans a surcharge if they aren’t vaccinated.
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