March 29, 2021
A female Douglas County resident in her 20s is the first reported case of the omicron variant in the Quad County region
The woman in her mid-20s is fully vaccinated but has not received a booster.
The order says those children will still have to wear a mask if they are unvaccinated.
Capacity in the 13 small hospitals is strained and impacts their ability to admit non-COVID patients.
Masks are required for everyone regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not in public indoor spaces and crowded outdoor settings.
Nevada health officials say while COVID cases are down 4.5 percent over the past two weeks in Clark County.
Thirty new deaths have been reported so far in August in the Reno-Sparks area, compared to monthly totals of five each in June and July
Those kept from school are expected to participate in home-learning and keep up with school work
More than 6,000 people in Nevada have died of COVID-19 the state surpassed Friday as officials struggle to respond to another surge of the coronavirus.
Storey County will have a mask mandate if the county doesn’t lower the infection rate by Aug. 13.
No plan to require proof of vaccinations at state level
The 14-day average positivity rate statewide has tripled from 3.4% on June 11 to 10.5% earlier this week, the first time its topped 10% since mid-February.
Carson City Health and Human Services is providing the Quad-County community with a weekly update for the week starting July 1 and ending July 7, 2021.
The state agency that oversees workplace safety is relaxing guidelines for businesses, allowing them to wipe down most surfaces with soap or detergent, rather than disinfectants that kill the coronavirus.
Both the average number of daily virus cases and the rolling test positivity rate are dropping in Nevada, according to the COVID-19 Task Force.
Nevada Coronavirus Task Force Director Caleb Cage said Friday his team will have all eyes on the data as all but one Nevada county reopens Saturday.
More than 1.8 million doses of vaccine have now been administered to Nevadans and 44.3 percent of the state’s residents have gotten at least one shot.
Washoe County’s proposed reopening plan failed Thursday to win Task Force approval, potentially delaying plans to reopen bars, restaurants and other businesses to 100 percent capacity on May 1.
Nevada’s coronavirus numbers continued to rise through the past week but state officials say those numbers are still well within what they expected.
Nevada coronavirus task force Director Caleb Cage said Monday that mobile vaccination units have arrived in Nevada.
Nevada health officials say they're hopeful about the direction of the state's COVID-19 outbreak as reported cases, deaths and hospitalization trends remain favorable and the state gradually reopens following a winter surge.
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