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Hotel room lights spell out “Vegas Strong” at the Wynn hotel-casino along the Las Vegas Strip as casinos and other business are shuttered due to the coronavirus outbreak Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Published Wednesday, April 8, 2020 | 6 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, April 8, 2020 | 9 p.m.
Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas announced that it has sent its most critical COVID-19 patient home from the hospital.
In video posted today on Twitter, the patient is wheeled out of the facility pumping his fist in the air as a long line of staffers cheer and applaud.
“You gave me another chance at life,” the patient, only identified as Alfred, told the nurses. He had been at the hospital since March 23.
The hospital tweeted that it had sent home other coronavirus patients since the outbreak about three weeks ago. Alfred, though, was in the most critical condition. They gifted him a hospital shirt.
“You are forever part of our team,” one of the nurses told him.
Statewide, 2,318 have tested positive for the respiratory disease, 80 of whom have died, according to Nevada Health Response. There are believed to be 2,211 active cases.
