Jan 11, 2022 | Covid19
Reno, Sparks Nev. Jan. 11, 2022. The Washoe County Health District (WCHD) is supplementing COVID-19 disease investigation efforts and improving efficiency by launching an automated text messaging and email notification system designed to notify residents who are a...
Jan 7, 2022 | Covid19
Jan. 7, 2021. Reno/Sparks, NV – The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading quickly in Washoe County and creating high demand for COVID-19 tests. Washoe County recently contracted with NorthShore Lab to augment testing capacity by adding four locations around the...
Jan 5, 2022 | Covid19
Reno, Sparks Nev. Jan. 5, 2022. Recent sampling of wastewater in Washoe County found a 10-fold increase in COVID-19 detection as well as a high proportion of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, according to researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno. Data from the...
Jan 4, 2022 | Covid19
EDITOR’S NOTE: Northshore Clinical Laboratories informed us that they are closing COVID-19 testing operations at the below locations effective immediately. Testing is no longer offered at those locations. For other COVID-19 testing operations, go here. Reno,...
Dec 22, 2021 | Covid19
Reno, Sparks Nev. Dec. 22, 2021. The Nevada State Public Health Laboratory (NSPHL) has confirmed the second case with the COVID-19 Omicron Variant in Washoe County. The individual who tested positive for this variant is a male in his early 30s, fully vaccinated but...
Dec 20, 2021 | Covid19
Reno, Sparks Nev. Dec. 20, 2021. The Nevada State Public Health Laboratory (NSPHL) has confirmed the first case with the COVID-19 Omicron Variant in Washoe County. The individual who tested positive for this variant is a male in his early 50s, fully vaccinated and...
