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Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak speaks during a Covid-19 update press conference Wed., June 24, 2020.
Published Monday, July 27, 2020 | 12:14 p.m.
Updated Monday, July 27, 2020 | 12:37 p.m.
Gov. Steve Sisolak will conduct a news conference at 5 p.m. today to provide an update on Nevada’s COVID-19 response efforts.
The governor’s office did not indicate any specific topics Sisolak would address.
Nevada has seen an uptick in the number of coronavirus cases since Sisolak started to lift restrictions on nonessential businesses starting in early May. The governor ordered most businesses, including casinos, closed in mid-March to help slow the spread of the virus.
Nevada health officials today reported 997 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but, for the first time in month, no additional deaths around the state.
The numbers released by the state Department of Health and Human Services maintains the total number of known deaths to 734 but pushes the total coronavirus cases to 43,831.
The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 across Nevada has decreased from a day earlier with 879 confirmed cases and 233 suspected cases in Nevada hospitals.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.
But for some — especially older adults and people with existing health problems — it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.
