Southern Nevada sees 95 new cases of coronavirus
Clark County had recorded 95 new cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday morning.
No new deaths were reported, according to data from the Southern Nevada Health District. There are now 3,665 cases and 174 deaths in Clark County.
Washoe County officials reported 13 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the county total to 804. According to the county, an additional 21 COVID-19 patients have recovered, and the number of active cases in the county remains around 500.
Two Washoe County Health District employees are self-isolating after they tested positive for COVID-19, the county said Sunday afternoon. The employees may have exposed others to the virus during the infectious period, so any employees who may have been exposed have been notified and are taking steps to determine if they’re safe to return to work, the county said.
No members of the public were in contact with the infected employees because all services have been closed or by appointment only since March, the county said.
A detention deputy with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office tested positive as well, the fourth positive case from the Sheriff’s Office. The deputy began experiencing symptoms during at work but has remained at home for the rest of the testing process, the county said.
The state reported 63 new cases, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ nvhealthresponse.nv.gov website. Different reporting cycles can show differences in state and county data.
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Nevada remained at 206.
There have been 46,965 tests performed on 38,184 people in the state, the Department of Health and Human Services’ website shows.
Contact Alex Chhith at achhith@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0290. Follow @alexchhith on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Alexis Egeland contributed to this report.
