Sisolak said he will evaluate in two weeks whether stronger enforcement is needed.<\/p>\n
\nI don\u2019t want to take stronger action,\u201d he said at the Capitol. \u201cI want to stay on the path to get all Nevada children back in classrooms, opening conventions by 50 percent by January 1, and lifting more restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
He said people have asked why he is not placing limits again on casinos, retail businesses, and restaurants.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the tightrope of trying to balance controlling the COVID spread, protecting our hospitals from surges, and at the same time not destroying and shutting down our economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
COVID-19 Cases Surging<\/h2>\n
As the governor indicated, Nevada in recent weeks has undergone a surge in coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n
The average number of new cases had been falling since early August. However, that number has risen since mid-September, according to state data collected on the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> website.<\/p>\nThe Nevada Hospital Association said this surge could signal “either the beginning of a fall resurgence, or the profound apathy of the general public, coupled with poor masking and social-distancing etiquette.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nevada has reported 112,621 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,863 deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than 700 visitors to Nevada have tested positive for COVID-19 since casinos began operating again in June, according to published accounts. Many of these visitors tested positive while they were in the state. Others tested positive after returning home. In a four-month span from June 1 to Oct. 3, a total of 691 visitors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":155020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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