RENO, Nev. (AP) — Hospital staffs remain stretched thin statewide in Nevada but health officials said Thursday they believe a monthlong surge in COVID-19 cases has peaked in the Las Vegas area and should be cresting soon in Reno and the rest of the state.
“In Clark County, I think the worst of the omicron wave is over,” said Kyra Morgan, state biostatistician for the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
“Washoe County is not quit there, but I think they’re going to follow closely behind,” she told reporters Thursday.
Morgan said experts have learned that “because omicron spreads so quickly and has the short incubation period, we’ve seen the recovery from this curve happen more quickly than what we’ve seen in different outbreaks or variants.”
She cautioned, however, “we could have a new variant discovered tomorrow and that would obviously change the situation.”
The number of hospitalizations confirmed or suspected to be related to COVID-19 continued to rise statewide to 1,866 as of Wednesday, including 346 in intensive care units. But Morgan said nearly 90% of those are in Clark County, where they appear to have stabilized since mid-January.
Hospitalizations in northern Nevada, which typically lag behind Las Vegas about two weeks, continue to accelerate, the Nevada Hospital Association said.
“Staffing remains an issue throughout the healthcare continuum with employees requiring isolation or suffering from illnesses,” it said.
Eds: This story corrects an early version that indicated statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations totaled 346. The state’s latest report Thursday shows there are 1,866 confirmed or suspected hospitalizations, including 346 in intensive care units.
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