The number of confirmed Coronavirus infections across Nevada climbed to 2,836 on Sunday as related deaths increased to 112. State health officials tallied the new infections Sunday on a website dedicated to the virus outbreak. Nearly 25,000 tests for COVID-19 have been performed statewide.
The sweeping impacts of the outbreak across the Silver State now include cancellation of the annual Burning Man festival.
Burning Man Project officials on Friday announced cancellation of the annual event that was scheduled to be held Aug. 30 to Sept. 7 in the playa north of Reno.
Organizers of Burning Man, a lifestyle and entertainment gathering that typically attracts 80,000 people, said in a Facebook post the cancellation was “in the interest of the health and well-being of our community.”
