BREAKING: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has just certified that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe. Abortion is now immediately illegal in Arkansas.

Abortion is now illegal in six states -- Arkansas, South Dakota, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma. Abortion is also banned after six-weeks under the private enforcement mechanism in Texas.

So far, three Democratic governors (Newsom, Walz and Whitmer) have weighed in on tonight's report. Haven't seen any GOP govs weigh in yet.

Walz: "There will never be an abortion ban under my watch."

Whitmer: "I'll fight like hell."

Newsom: "We are going to fight like hell." And Whitmer is now fundraising off of tonight's news:

https://twitter.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/1521299999182639105

If you want to watch today's COVID-19 state press call, you can watch it at the link below.

I'll also be live tweeting updates here in the below thread.

https://twitter.com/ClarkCountyNV/status/1413226490527838217

Michelle White, Gov. Steve Sisolak's chief of staff, says the governor has requested the state start hosting these calls again. White says the state is "closely watching the new COVID-19 cases in Nevada and associated metrics in our communities."

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 7/8:

🧪 Test positivity is up: 8.24% (+0.37%)
🏥 Hospitalizations are up: 613 (+29)
😷 Cases are up: 429 (+22) CDC has been inconsistent with posting its updates (delaying my daily tweets), so will be starting to post YESTERDAY's vaccine #'s each morning. Here are the ones from yesterday:

https://twitter.com/meganmesserly/status/1412852255485612034

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 7/7:

🧪 Test positivity is up: 7.9%
🏥 Hospitalizations are up: 584 (+54)
😷 Cases are down: 407 (-15) Today's vaccine numbers from the CDC:

💉 Total vaccine doses given: 2,817,786 (+2,988)
1️⃣ Total given at least 1 dose: 1,553,753 (+1,641)
2️⃣ Total fully vaccinated: 1,310,572 (+1,511)
👥 50.5% of Nevadans are fully or partially vaccinated

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 7/6:

🧪 Test positivity is up: 7.9%
🏥 Hospitalizations are up: 530 (+16)
😷 Cases are slightly down: 422 (-28) Today's vaccine numbers from the CDC:

💉 Total vaccine doses given: 2,814,798 (+9,960)
1️⃣ Total given at least 1 dose: 1,552,112 (+6,058)
2️⃣ Total fully vaccinated: 1,309,061 (+3,528)
👥 50.4% of Nevadans are fully or partially vaccinated

Happening now: The Assembly is voting on SB420, the Nevada public option bill. Here's the latest version of the bill, as amended: leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st20… Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton rises in support of the bill: "This is a good first step. We're trying to get someplace. We know there's an issue. We're trying to address it. This is a long term process to get there."

Happening now: The Assembly Ways and Means Committee is again taking up SB420 in a work session. Follow along for updates! So far, the committee is just getting a short recap of yesterday's hearing. You can read more about where things stood as of yesterday here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/assemb…

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 5/28:

🧪 Test positivity is down: 4.1%
🏥 Hospitalizations are down: 219 (-24)
😷 Cases are down: 199 (-10)
📅 4 days until 100% reopening goal Today's vaccine numbers from the CDC:

💉 Total vaccine doses given: 2,478,269 (+12,954)
1️⃣ Total given at least 1 dose: 1,387,913 (+6,839)
2️⃣ Total fully vaccinated: 1,119,961 (+7,201)
👥 45.1% of Nevadans are fully or partially vaccinated

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 5/25:

🧪 Test positivity is down: 4.4%
🏥 Hospitalizations are back up: 274 (+17)
😷 Cases are down: 236 (-3)
📅 7 days until 100% reopening goal Today's vaccine numbers from the CDC:

💉 Total vaccine doses given: 2,443,724 (+4,847)
1️⃣ Total given at least 1 dose: 1,370,128 (+3,155)
2️⃣ Total fully vaccinated: 1,100,149 (+2,340)
👥 44.5% of Nevadans are fully or partially vaccinated

The Senate is onto its second agenda. Up fifth on general file: SB420, the public option bill. I'll be tweeting the vote on the bill in this thread here! (SORRY, they're still technically on their first agenda general file, but it'll be up on the second agenda's general file!)

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 5/24:

🧪 Test positivity is down: 4.5%
🏥 Hospitalizations are down: 257 (-7)
😷 Cases are down: 239 (-20)
📅 8 days until 100% reopening goal Today's vaccine numbers from the CDC:

💉 Total vaccine doses given: 2,438,877 (+11,233)
1️⃣ Total given at least 1 dose: 1,366,973 (+5,267)
2️⃣ Total fully vaccinated: 1,097,809 (+6,761)
👥 44.4% of Nevadans are fully or partially vaccinated

There's been a lot of talk about getting at least one shot to 70% of adult Americans by the 4th of July.

So how's Nevada doing? 55.7% of adult Nevadans have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. We rank 33rd in the nation. Doing some back of napkin math: Using CDC data, Nevada administered about 7,232 shots a day each day over the last seven days. There are 41 days until the July 4, which means (if we keep the current pace of vaccination) we'll be able to vaccinate ~300,000 additional Nevadans.

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 5/23:

🧪 Test positivity isn't reported on the weekend
🏥 Hospitalizations are barely up: 264 (+3)
😷 Cases aren't reported on the weekend
📅 9 days until 100% reopening goal Today's vaccine numbers from the CDC:

💉 Total vaccine doses given: 2,427,644 (+14,071)
1️⃣ Total given at least 1 dose: 1,361,706 (+6,933)
2️⃣ Total fully vaccinated: 1,091,048 (+8,148)
👥 44.2% of Nevadans are fully or partially vaccinated

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 3/12:

🧪 Test positivity is generally down: 7-day avg is 17.7% or 5.8% using test encounters
🏥 Hospitalizations are down: 323 (-24)
😷 Cases are relatively level: 382 new cases/day on avg (+29)
📅 3 days until COVID-19 restrictions loosen further 💉 Total vaccine doses given: 930,754 (+26,250)
1️⃣ Total given at least 1 dose: 585,867 (+16,955)
2️⃣ Total fully vaccinated: 328,394 (+11,712)
👥 19.0% of Nevadans are either fully or partially vaccinated

*We pull from state + CDC, so # won't always match up.

BIG NEWS: Food service and hospitality workers are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine effective IMMEDIATELY in Clark County.

That includes frontline hospitality workers, including casino and hotel workers!

Make your appointment here: vax4nv.nv.gov/patient/s/ The Nevada Gaming Control Board has put out this guidance to licensees, emphasizing the expansion of vaccines to hospitality workers in Clark County applies to employees of restricted and nonrestricted gaming licensees and all employees of vendors/lessees working on the property.

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 3/10:

🧪 Test positivity is generally down: 7-day avg is 15.8% or 6.0% using test encounters
🏥 Hospitalizations are fluctuating: 367 (-28)
😷 Cases are fluctuating: 364 new cases/day on avg (+18)
📅 5 days until COVID-19 restrictions loosen further 💉 Total vaccine doses given: 878,645 (+13,678)
1️⃣ Total given at least 1 dose: 553,065 (+8,184)
2️⃣ Total fully vaccinated: 304,199 (+5,796)
👥 18.0% of Nevadans are either fully or partially vaccinated

*We pull from state + CDC, so # won't always match up.

BIG NEWS: Beginning next week Nevadans statewide 65+ will be eligible for the vaccine. Gov. Steve Sisolak says that the state will open immunization opportunities to Nevadans 65 and older through the federal pharmacy partnership program in all counties. However, only pharmacy partners enrolled in the Federal Pharmacy Partnership Program will be offering the vaccines to those 65+ next week, unless your county has already begun vaccinating those 65+.

This afternoon's press conference with @GovSisolak, where we're expecting updates on vaccines, education and youth sports is happening now. Follow along here for updates or watch at the link below: @GovSisolak Candice McDaniel, health bureau chief in the Bureau of Child, Family, and Community Wellness, is kicking off the press conference. She says the state is working closely with Clark County on vaccine equity.

Clark County Fire Department Chief Greg Cassell announces that because of severe weather SNHD/the county did not receive its shipment of Moderna. It won't be able to administer ANY second dose Moderna shots starting tomorrow. Cassell says people will be rescheduled for a new appointment "hopefully at the same time, same day, just one week later." Folks will be contacted through a new call center that will go active tomorrow morning.

Nevada COVID-19 updates for 2/17:

🧪 Test positivity is down: 7-day avg is 17.0% or 11.8% using test encounters
🏥 Hospitalizations are down: 740 (-33)
😷 Cases are down: 559 new cases/day on avg (-26)
📅 26 days until COVID-19 restrictions loosen further New vaccine numbers, from the state today (!):

💉 Total vaccine doses given: 464,037 (+17,237 from the last reported day)
1️⃣ Total first doses given: 345,848 (+9,416)
2️⃣ Total second doses given: 118,192 (+10,287)
👥 11.2% of Nevadans either fully or partially vaccinated