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.
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Brian Labus of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UNLV said table-to-table transmission isn’t the problem when dining in restaurants.
Cashman Center in Las Vegas will open Friday to those who were able to make appointments on the Southern Nevada Health District’s website before it crashed.
Faith Lutheran, a private school in Las Vegas, welcomed most of its students back to campus full time last week.
Disneyland is ending its annual pass program 10 months after the theme park shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, the theme park said Thursday.
The Clark County School Board took two steps toward reopening school buildings, giving principals the ability to bring small groups of students back to campuses on a voluntary basis as well as approving an agreement with its teachers union aimed at a broader future reopening.
President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to turn the tide on the pandemic and speed up the vaccine rollout.
The new high in fatalities came just eight days after the state broke the previous high mark of the coronavirus pandemic.
A UMC vaccination center equipped to offer hundreds of vaccinations each day will be set up inside the Encore’s convention space.
The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday warned Nevadans to be wary of a new wave of coronavirus-related scams as the second round of stimulus checks are being distributed.
Barbara Tinch, who contracted COVID-19 last year at a Las Vegas nursing home, conquered the disease, but her loved ones said she later died from its long-term effects.
About 200 UNLV students are part of the contact tracing team, which assists the Southern Nevada Health District.
The board is expected to decide Thursday whether to allow small groups of students to return to the classroom after 10 months of distance learning.
The Southern Nevada Health District is providing an update on COVID-19 vaccinations.
The updated figures posted to the state Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought cumulative totals for Nevada to 253,985 cases and 3,596 deaths.
The vaccinations will begin on Tuesday, city reports.