There were 2,853 new coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday, along with 24 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ website.
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A suspect in a fatal shooting on Tuesday at a Las Vegas car wash died Friday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound when officers attempted to arrest the suspect, police said.
At least one man was shot Saturday afternoon during a drug deal at the Tropicana on the Strip, Las Vegas police said.
Nevada on Saturday reported 2,019 new coronavirus cases and 29 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
A 23-year-old accused of fatally stabbing a man at the City View Apartments in October has been extradited to Las Vegas, jail records show.
Since the start of the pandemic, 646 Nevada prisoners have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Nevada on Friday reported the highest single-day increase in coronavirus deaths in nearly three months, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Las Vegas police are asking for help to find a truck involved in a hit-and-run crash and assault last week that injured two people.
A fact-finding review was held Thursday morning regarding David Baxter, whose death was ruled a homicide due in part to a police restraint on Jan. 31.
Carson City Manager Nancy Paulson on Thursday requested that the state supply a field hospital to treat the 470 prisoners who have tested positive for the coronavirus at Warm Springs Correctional Center.
This is the second time in a week Nevada eclipsed 2,000 new COVID-19 cases.
The Nevada Hospital Association on Tuesday warned that “current strategies are not successfully minimizing the spread of serious disease,” according to a statement.
A driver in an August fiery crash that left herself and two others dead suffered a natural death due to a heart condition, the Clark County coroner’s office said.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a 47-year-old man shot and killed early Nov. 6 in what police said was a self-defense shooting.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday said the second person fatally shot in a domestic-violence related shooting last week in Henderson died by suicide.