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Sheriff: Suspect with virus released; no cases in Vegas jail

by Associated Press
| March 25, 2020 4:03 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Clark County jail detainee who was in custody for about 11 days was released to a hospital and tested positive for the new coronavirus, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Wednesday while declaring that there are no cases of the COVID-19 respiratory illness among people now held at the 3,100-bed facility in Las Vegas.

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