New figures posted by the Department of Health and Human Services raised the case total for the state to 67,852 and the death toll to 1,287.
Mike Brunker
Former Assistant City Editor/Horse Racing Columnist
Email: mbrunker@reviewjournal.com
The buzz is building among racing fans over Tiz the Law, the expected heavy favorite in the 146th running of the race on Sept. 5 and a potential superstar.
New cases were slightly above the daily average of nearly 520 over the preceding week, and fatalities were slightly above the daily average of nearly 17 for the period.
The state Department of Health and Human Services and the Southern Nevada Health District reported 253 and 152 new cases, respectively, but deaths remained high with 20 added.
Nevada recorded 403 new cases of COVID-19 over the preceding day, but fatalities from the disease rose by 30 — the fourth-highest one-day increase of the outbreak.
New figures posted on the state’s nvhealthresponse.nv.gov website, bringing the case total for the state to 66,010 and the death toll to 1,200.
After several below-average new cases reports, the metric rebounded to its highest level in a week, well above the daily average of just over 667 for the preceding week.
Nevada gaming regulators are considering an 11th-hour intervention that would allow the state’s racebooks to have betting on this year’s Kentucky Derby.
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.
Nevada recorded 389 new cases of the disease over the preceding day, but saw its second-highest one-day increase in deaths with 32, according to state data posted Wednesday.
The new data pushed the number of confirmed cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the state to 62,639, while the death toll reached 1,102.
Nevada recorded 662 new cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths over the preceding day, according to new state data published Monday.
Nevada surpassed the 1,000 threshold in new COVID-19 cases the first time in 13 days and added 15 deaths from the disease over the preceding day, the state reported Friday.
It’s rare to see a 3-year-old colt dominate to the degree that Tiz the Law has in four races this year, including last weekend’s Travers Stakes, the Belmont Stakes and Florida Derby.
The fatalities surpassed the 29 reported on July 31 and on Friday to set a mark for the biggest single-day increase in the death toll since the outbreak began.