Nevada is on the cusp of possibly tougher restrictions if Covid-19 infection numbers don’t improve said Governor Steve Sisolak Tuesday. He gave Nevadans two weeks to improve the numbers.
The governor said Nevada “must see a significant reversal of the current trends” and urged as many Nevadans as possible to work from home to create the effect of the stay-at-home orders earlier this year.
He intimated that the second “surge” predicted by medical experts has arrived. “As you are all aware our country and state are on a very rough course right now,” he said. “The fall spike predicted by medical experts is now our reality.”
He fell short of telling tourists to stay away, but urged them to “play by the rules.”
Sisolak has gradually loosened restrictions from the draconian stay-at-home orders of March so that, in September he raised the statewide limit on gatherings to 250.
Meanwhile new Covid cases are rising and state hospitals are adding on new emergency wings and beds. Covid hospitalizations rose from 600 at the end of October to 900 this week.
The state has reported 110,982 cases and 1,852 fatalities from the pandemic.
