Public health officials are reassuring the community that the rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nevada is mainly due to testing.
Jeremy Chen reports.
NEARING...-8- THOUSAND....IN CLARK COUNTY.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER.....JEREMY CHEN SPOKE WITH THESOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTHDISTRICT....ABOUT THE NEW CASES.HE JOINS US LIVE.....WITH MOREON THE CASE COUNT...HERE IN NEVADA...JEREMY?WITH ALL OF THE NEWS THAT'SBEEN GOING ON-WE STILL ARE INTHE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC.WITH THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUSCASES NOW SURPASSING 10,000 INNEVADA.HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY CONTINUETAKING PRECAUTIONS WHEN YOU'REOUT AND ABOUT.WITH NEVADA GETTING BACK TOSOME SENSE OF NORMAL-THERE AREFEARS OF A SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUSCASES.SINCE JUNE FIRST STATE DATASHOWS THERE HAS BEEN AN AVERAGEOF 168 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUSA DAY-COMPARED TO 115 A DAY INTHE PREVIOUS 8 DAYS BEFORETHAT.(5/24-5/31) THE SOUTHERN NEVADAHEALTH DISTRICT SAYS-THE RISECAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO MORETESTING."THE AVAILABILITY OF TESTING ISSOMETHING THAT EVENTUALLYBRINGS THE NUMBER OF CASES TOHIGHER LEVELS." DOCTOR FERMINLEGUEN SAYS THE AMOUNT OFTESTING HAS BEEN RAMPED UP-ANDSO FAR, THE NUMBER OFHOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS HASSTABILIZED.DOCTOR CHRISTINA MADISON OFROSEMAN UNIVERSITY SAYSNEVADA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEMHASN'T BEEN OVERWHELMED."OUR HOSPITALS ARE NOT ATCAPACITY AND WE'RE STILL ABLETO TAKE PATIENTS AND THATREALLY IS WHAT IT COMES DOWNTO." IN RECENT DAYS-THERE HAVEBEEN MORE PEOPLE AT CASINOS ANDPROTESTS IN THE STREETS.DOCTOR LEGUEN SAYS RESULTSREFLECTING ANY CHANGE WILLCOME IN A WEEK OR TWO.HE SAYS THE DISTRICT REMAINSVIGILANT ON LOOKING OUT FORANY SIGNIFICANT SPIKES INCASES."WE ARE INVESTIGATING ANDLOOKING AT THIS WITH MOREATTENTION BECAUSE WE DON'T JUSTWANT TO RELAX AND JUSTATTRIBUTE THAT TO TESTING."THE HEALTH DISTRICT SAYS PEOPLESHOULD CONTINUE TAKINGPRECUATIONS LIKEWASHING HANDS OR WEAR A FACECOVERING WHEN YOU'RE OUT ANDABOUT.COMING UP AT SIX WE'LL LOOKINTO ANY POSSIBLE CONCERNS OF AFUTURE SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUSCASES.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.TODAY..GOVERNOR STEVE
DHHS reports nearly 18K COVID-19 cases in Nevada.
