Washoe County Health District

Multiple officials are reporting a crisis situation in Washoe County from spiking COVID-19 cases and daily deaths.

Actualmente, al día se detectan tres casos y medio más que a principios de octubre, según datos del distrito de salud del condado de Washoe.

There are three-and-a-half as many COVID-19 cases now every day as in the beginning of October according to data from the Washoe County Health District.

Washoe County is seeing a continued rise in COVID-19 cases — currently ranked as very high on the region’s risk meter — and local hospital Renown requesting for the second time a medical structure outside its emergency department.

District Health officer Kevin Dick said Wednesday that the Washoe County Health District is recording a widespread community spread of COVID-19.

After a brief period of respite, Washoe County and Nevada as a whole are experiencing elevated disease transmission.

Washoe County District Health Officer Kevin Dick said the county is faced with a high number of active cases during this week’s COVID update.

As the county continues the long-haul on the road to recovery from COVID-19, the reopenings have remained messy for some businesses.

Washoe County has had more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases since March, with increasing numbers at the University of Nevada, Reno.

A second round of free drive-through flu shot clinics kicks off Wednesday at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center.