Building on a previous announcement regarding COVID re-opening, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced today that their states will be working together on telehealth issues. From the press release: “To ensure that the nation benefits from our knowledge as changes to federal regulations are contemplated, […]
Today, Governor Sisolak held a press conference to give a COVID-19 Update. He presented a long-term mitigation strategy for the state that is state managed, and locally executed by counties. The plan was developed recognizing the State of Nevada and the nation are still in response mode to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be for […]
The Southern Nevada Health District Board of Health met today and discussed more ways to move forward with COVID-19 testing and contact tracing. They are still short contact tracers and investigators to follow up with all of the positive cases and are planning on hiring about 200 more of each. Daily testing capacity at each […]
Today in a late notice press conference, Governor Sisolak announced that bars in certain Nevada counties must close as of 11:59 p.m. Friday, July 10, to help stem the spread of COVID-19 in Nevada. The State Department of Health and Human Services is currently confirming the criteria that would designate a county in Nevada as a hotspot. Tomorrow, the Governor will release […]
Today both Nevada and Clark County had a record-breaking day in both positive tests and overall testing numbers. DHHS reported 562 new cases and three COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours. There are now 18,456 confirmed cases and 507 deaths in the state. Nevada has reported its five highest days for COVID-19 cases […]
Governor Sisolak was scheduled to give a press conference this evening regarding Phase 2, but cancelled about an hour before it was scheduled. He was exposed to the virus, and while he is exhibiting no symptoms, decided to cancel out of an abundance of caution. He did release his prepared statements and announced that Phase 2 […]
The Interim Healthcare Committee met today. They had a COVID themed agenda and with presentations from the state. As of this morning, 107,166 tests have been administered and we are at about 3,990 new tests a day and working to do more community wide tests. 110 new positive cases a day being reported to the state […]