Nevada has one of the highest rates of new infections, rivaling some of the hardest hit southern states. An NPR analysis shows the city could run into trouble with hospital capacity if cases keep climbing.
An NPR analysis shows that the rapid growth in new cases relative to the number of hospital beds available in the Las Vegas area could signal a problem. The region's hospitals are not near capacity yet, but some individual facilities have been getting close,Mason VanHouweling, CEO of the large public hospital University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, said Las Vegas has surge plans in place to add more beds, if necessary.
In order to stay open, Nevada casinos are required to reduce capacity by 50% and to keep customers and staff socially distanced and wearing facemasks, among other things. Because it's geographically isolated, that could also make it more challenging to transfer patients if hospitals were overtaxed, said Brian Labus, a professor of public health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
"We can take out all the chairs we want at blackjack tables, if people still crowd around one player, it kind of defeats the whole purpose," Labus said."So it can be hard getting people to change their behavior when they're here on vacation."
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