Another 101 deaths have been recorded since. By that time 12,008 people had died in Nevada. Third is XBB.1.5 (nicknamed Kraken), causing 15 cases, or 19 percent.Ī mid-May report marked the end of the public health emergency. Second is the variant XBB.1.16 (nicknamed Arcturus), sequenced in 31 cases, or 39.2 percent. Three variants of the potentially fatal disease are accounting for all cases in Clark County.Ī new EG.5 variant (nicknamed Eris) has been sequenced in 33 cases, or 41.8 percent of the total, in the county, according to a report last week by the Southern Nevada Health District. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that hospitalizations rose 21.6 percent during the week of Aug. “However, even with these increases, hospitals are not under stress and the hospital sector remains in a healthy status.” “COVID-19 hospitalizations have steadily increased during the month of August in Nevada,” the group said in a news release. 16, according to figures released Wednesday by the Nevada Hospital Association. There have been 100 or more people hospitalized each day since Aug. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)Īlthough slight compared with the years of the pandemic, COVID-19 hospitalizations in Nevada are rising into triple digits. People wait in line for COVID-19 testing offered at Cashman Center on Nov.

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