Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak says the state does not have enough testing kits for everyone who needs one and his advisors continue to ask the federal government for supplies.
In a news conferences held in Las Vegas Monday, the governor said more than 20,000 tests had been performed in Nevada and of those 1,953 were positive.
ALSO TONIGHT..GOVERNOR SISOLAK..HINTING TIGHTER RESTRICTIONSARE COMING IF MORE PEOPLEDON'T STAY HOME FOR NEVADA...THE GOVERNOR ALSO INDICATING ITMAY BE WEEKS BEFORE WE HIT OURPEAK..LETS GET TO 13 INVESTIGATIVEREPORTER JOE BARTELS..HE'S LIVE AT THE GRANT SAWYERBUILDING IN DOWNTOWN LASVEGAS...JOE...THERE IS A LOT TO COVER..THE GOVERNOR..SAYS..WE ARE ENTERING PERHAPS THEMORE CRITICAL WEEKS..OF THIS..PANDEMIC.SO FAR..HE SAYS..SOCIAL DISTANCING..AND STAYING HOME..ARE HELPING TO FLATTEN THECURVE..OF COVID-19IT'S A TENT CITY IN THEMIDDLE..
OF LAS VEGAS..THE ISOLATION..AND CONTAINMENT COMPLEX..IN THE PARKING LOT AT CASHMANFIELD..IS COMING ALONG.BUT NOT NEARLY AS FAST AS FIRSTTHOUGHT.AUTHORITIES EXPECTED IT TO BEFINISHED BY MONDAY NIGHT..NOW..IT COULD BE SOMETIME THISWEEK..ONCE FINISHED...IT WILL BE ABLE TO TEST..TREAT..AND CONTAIN..HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS FOLKS..IMPACTED BY COVID-19 SOT: GOV.STEVE SISOLAK/(D) NEVADA 5:21"THAT IS WHY WE AGGRESSIVELYPURSUE TESTING OPTIONS WITHOUR LABS RIGHT HERE IN NEVADA." NEVADA GOVERNOR STEVESISOLAK..LAID OUT THE NUMBERS FORTESTING...SHOW GRAPHIC WITH DROP SHADOW..AS OF MONDAY NIGHT..ALMOST 21 THOUSAND COVID-19TESTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMEDTHROUGHOUT THE STATE..MOST BY PRIVATE LABS..FOLLOWED BY THE NEVADA STATEPUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY...SHOW TESTING..BUT THE GOVERNOR SAYS..NEVADA IS RUNNING OUT OF VITALTEST COMPONENTS.GOV.STEVE SISOLAK/(D) NEVADA 4:55"TO DATE NEVADA HAS RECEIVEDTHE FOLLOWING FROM THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT.3000 REAGENT KITS FOR TESTING,AT 4000 TESTING SWABS WHILE WEAPPRECIATE ANY TESTING UPON USWE GET FROM THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT AT THIS TIME THEREAGENTS THE SWABS ARE NOTNEARLY THE VOLUME NECESSARY FORUS TO PERFORM THE DESIREDAMOUNT OF TESTING THAT WE WANTAND OUR CITIZENS WANT." THEGOVERNOR AND HIS TOP ADVISORS..ARE ASKING..DAILY... FOR EXTRA FEDERALHELP FOR TESTING SUPPLIES.MAJ.GENERAL ONDRA BERRY/NEVADANATIONAL GUARD 24:57 "THEY USEA FORMULA TO SAY WHAT SHOULD BECOMING INTO OUR STATE AND WEARE KIND OF CHALLENGING THEM ONSTATE REALLY UNDERSTAND THEDEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR SITUATION." AND HERE'S THE LATEST NUMBERSOF THE SITUATION..MORE THAN HALF OF NEVADA'SHOSPITAL BEDS ARE FILLED..74 PERCENT..STEVE SISOLAK/(D) NEVADA 19:05"THE STATISTICS ARE GOING TOBEAR OUT THE WAY THEY ARE ANDI'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THEFORECASTING BUSINESS OF WHENOUR PEAK DAY IS OR WHEN WE WILL" THE GOVERNOR SAYSFORECASTS..SHOW NEVADA COULD HIT THEPEAK..OF COVID-19 ACTIVITY..BY AS SOON AS THIS FRIDAY..BUT HE SAYS.OTHER PUT THE PEAK MUCH LATEREVEN INTO JUNE.AND TONIGHT...WE CAN REPORT..U-N-L-V..HAS RECEIVED 250 TEST KITS..WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO KEEPTESTING THROUGH AT LEASTTHURSDAY AFTERNOON.YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE ANAPPOINTMENT TO GET TESTED.WE HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW YOUCAN DO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE,KTNV.COM REPORTING LIVE JOEBARTELS 13 ACTION NEWSGOVERNOR SISOLAK ALSOADDRESSING THE UNPROVEN
Gov. Sisolak: Nevada schools to remain closed
