For the second week in a row, Clark County experienced a slight uptick in new daily COVID-19 cases, marking the first increases since January, according to weekly data released Wednesday.

Researchers at University of Nevada, Las Vegas who screen sewage water for COVID-19 have found the BA.2 subvariant across Southern Nevada.

The next big news on COVID-19 just might come from the sewers as officials rely on wastewater analysis for virus levels and new variants.

Four Las Vegas agencies are collaborating on a new wastewater surveillance dashboard to track emerging cases of COVID-19 in Clark County.

Scientists see little evidence so far that Nevada will face a surge in COVID-19 cases from the BA.2 coronavirus variant that is causing cases to rise in Europe.

Paragon Genomics, Inc., a leader in amplicon-based target enrichment solutions for next-generation sequencing (NGS) and precision medicine, today reported that its CleanPlex® SARS-CoV-2 Research and Surveillance Panels for viral detection, mutation analysis, variant tracking and epidemiological research have continued to play an important role in accurately identifying COVID-19 variants of interest and concern, including early identification of the Delta and Omicron variants in patient samples and in wastewater. The company also announced the release of its Emerging Variant Add-on V2 (EVAv2), an easy-to-use addition to its SARS-CoV-2 panels that provides optimized SARS-CoV-2 coverage for new and emerging variants. With its exceptional coverage and highest confidence variant calling, EVAv2 is designed to further enhance the already high performance of the CleanPlex SARS-CoV-2 panels.

Even though Gov. Steve Sisolak lifted Nevada’s mask mandate Thursday, the governor and state and national health experts continue to point out the fight against COVID-19 is far from over.

Data from what the Las Vegas Valley is flushing shows a deep decline in omicron, but a spike in the so-called “stealth omicron” variant, scientists at UNLV tell the 8 News Now I-Team.