A man walks in front of the Circus Circus hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Feb. 4, 2021.
The toll of the coronavirus is reshaping Las Vegas almost a year after the pandemic took hold.
(AP Photo/John Locher)LAS VEGAS ā Six weeks ago, thousands of New Yearās revelers gathered beneath the neon-lit marquees on the Las Vegas Strip ā even though the big annual fireworks show was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.
āThe concern is that it spreads within our local population.āAdIn mid-January, more than half of the hospitals in and around Las Vegas reported being at least 90% full.
āItās nothing like I ever experienced in my nursing career,ā said Dina Armstrong, a nurse at MountainView Hospital in northwest Las Vegas.