This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
RENO — The coronavirus has now claimed 10 lives in Nevada.
The four deaths the state confirmed Thursday are the most in a single day since the first was reported on March 16.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services says it has confirmed 420 positive cases of coronavirus statewide.
All 10 deaths have occurred in Southern Nevada's Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.
The four coronavirus deaths confirmed Thursday are the most in a single day in Nevada since the state reported its first death on March 16.
It equals the most in a two-day stretch since two each were reported on consecutive days on Monday and Tuesday of this week (March 23-24). None was reported Wednesday.
The states says it has now tested more than 5,100 individuals in Nevada for the coronovirus.
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