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I-Team: New numbers show where people may be catching COVID-19 in Clark County

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Health district would not release data for monthsPosted: Feb 3, 2021 / 01:34 PM PSTUpdated: Feb 4, 2021 / 05:27 PM PSTLAS VEGAS (KLAS) — New data from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) paints a better picture of where Nevadans may have contracted COVID-19.The health district began posting the information Wednesday, Feb. 3, after the I-Team and other local journalists pushed officials to release the information.According to the data, the top places of contraction since the pandemic began include restaurants, hotels and medical facilities.While the data is the first look since last summer for where a person who tested positive for COVID-19 may have been exposed to the virus, the top category in this new data is “other.”Other:Food establishment:Hotel/motel:Medical facility:Work:Grocery store:Casino:School:Long-term care facility/nursing home/assisted living/retirement communityAir travel:“A place of possible exposure is not necessarily where disease was acquired, due to an extended incubation period of up to 14 days. Multiple places of possible exposure may be identified during investigation,” a footnote about the data on the district’s website stated.The information is obtained through contact tracing, Dr. Fermin&nbsp;Leguen, SNHD’s chief health officer, said. However, last fall, contract tracers stopped asking location-specific questions due to the overwhelming number of new coronavirus cases.“Any particular case could identify multiple places of possible exposure,” Leguen said, adding the data may help the district with mitigation in the county.There has been no known virus transmission from a hair or nail salon, the data noted. Four cases may be related to exposure at a protest or rally, and one case may be tied to a concert. Data from some categories was not collected until October 2020, though the health district did not indicate which categories that included.While the data shows no known exposure from “home,” an official said late Wednesday some of that data may actually be part of the “other” category. The other category also includes “an individual’s home, national park, dog park, playground, etc.,” a health district official clarified.Over the past several months, the I-Team has gone back and forth with the health district to release any kind of data about possible exposure locations. Several news organizations received location-specific possible exposure data in September, but later records requests were denied.The health district has since January 2020. More than 3,300 people in Clark County have died from the virus.✕× Close Ad

Health district would not release data for monthsPosted: Feb 3, 2021 / 01:34 PM PSTUpdated: Feb 4, 2021 / 05:27 PM PSTLAS VEGAS (KLAS) — New data from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) paints a better picture of where Nevadans may have contracted COVID-19.The health district began posting the information Wednesday, Feb. 3, after the I-Team and other local journalists pushed officials to release the information.According to the data, the top places of contraction since the pandemic began include restaurants, hotels and medical facilities.While the data is the first look since last...

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