The Southern Nevada Health District has identified the first known case of the B.1.617.2 strain in Clark County, the agency said in a news release.
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Clark County Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick and paid volunteers are calling constituents to see whether they need help getting immunized.
All of the deaths recorded on Tuesday occurred in Clark County, according to data from the Southern Nevada Health District’s coronavirus website.
The health district’s chief health officer says about 50 percent of eligible Clark County residents 16 and older has received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Clark County has set a threshold of 60 percent before fully reopening.
Formerly an emergency response to school closures, distance learning may become a permanent fixture on Nevada’s learning landscape.
The 498 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths reported by the state on Friday capped a week that saw small declines in average daily cases, fatalities and the positivity rate.
Dozens of Nevada residents have been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated; two deaths were reported in Clark County.
With a 60 percent immunization target within reach, officials are directly appealing to those 16 to 25 years old to get a COVID-19 vaccination shot.
Clark County and Southern Nevada Health District officials debuted Tuesday the valley’s first large-scale, drive-thru vaccination site.
Everyone entering the facilities will still be required to wear a mask, undergo a temperature check and sign a form stating they do not show symptoms of COVID-19.
Nevada on Tuesday reported 476 new coronavirus cases and seven additional deaths, according to state data.
The livestreamed event Tuesday evening is aimed directly at reaching 16 to 25 year olds who were a part of the state’s last group to become eligible for immunizations a month ago.
Body-camera footage released Monday showed the moment a SWAT team breached a trailer home and killed Joshua Squires, ending a hostage situation on Aug. 10.
The facility at the Las Vegas Convention Center will have the capacity to administer more than a thousand vaccines each day, public health officials say.
New cases were far higher than the two-week moving average, which decreased to 262 per day. The new report pushed the state’s case total to 316,239.