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The Las Vegas area has been added to places in Nevada where authorities have detected cases of a potentially worrisome strain of the coronavirus first detected in India.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported on Tuesday that a woman in her 20s who had not travelled recently and was not vaccinated against Covid-19 tested positive for the variant subtype. She didn t require hospitalisation.
A district spokeswoman said on Wednesday there were no additional cases to report.
Eight other cases of the variant were previously identified in northern Nevada, including four confirmed last week in the Reno area.
LAS VEGAS: The Las Vegas area has been added to places in Nevada where authorities have detected cases of a potentially worrisome strain of the coronavirus first detected in India.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported Tuesday that a woman in her 20s who had not travelled recently and was not vaccinated against Covid-19 tested positive for the variant subtype. She didn t require hospitalisation.
A district spokeswoman said Wednesday there were no additional cases to report.
Eight other cases of the variant were previously identified in northern Nevada, including four confirmed last week in the Reno area.
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The active cases have increased to 37,10,525 comprising 15.65% of the total infections.
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The active cases have increased to 37,10,525 comprising 15.65% of the total infections.
India added 3,62,727 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the COVID-19 tally of cases to 2,37,03,665, while the death toll rose to 2,58,317 with 4,120 daily fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The active cases have increased to 37,10,525 comprising 15.65% of the total infections.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.26%, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,97,34,823 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09%, the data stated.
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