Novel Coronavirus cases jump by 42 percent in Washoe County- 19 Additional Cases Confirmed

By Brian Bahouth ● Health & Safety ● March 23, 2020 March 17, 2023

"Coronavirus spike protein structure" by National Institutes of Health (NIH) - licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

The Washoe County Health District is reporting 19 additional cases of COVID-19 in Washoe County, moving the total number of cases to 44.

Due to the influx of cases, the Health District will not provide specific details or any other information due to medical information and privacy requirements.

It should be noted that the additional 19 confirmed cases were from 2-plus days of testing due to the increased number of tests being submitted to the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory from throughout the region and state.

The Health District is also reporting that one additional confirmed COVID-19 case has fully recovered, bringing the total recoveries in Washoe County to three.

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Brian Bahouth

Brian has been a public media producer for the better part of 25 years. He has been news director at three public radio stations, KRZA serving Alamosa, Colorado and Taos, New Mexico, KUNR in Reno, KVMR in Nevada City, California, and Brian was a co-founder of KNVC community radio in Carson City, 95.1 FM. He has reported for Capital Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, and has filed numerous reports for the Pacifica Network News and National Public Radio. He holds a BA in English from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York, and an MA in English from the University of Nevada Reno. Brian is a veteran of the sea-going US Navy, ‘79-’85. He and his wife have lived in Reno since 1999.

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Brian Bahouth

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