Las Vegas Sun

April 28, 2024

Nellis Air Force base now reporting 4 virus cases

Nellis AFB Main Gate

Steve Marcus

A view of the Thunderbirds sculpture by the main gate at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015.

Nellis Air Force Base today announced that three more service members have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases at the base to four.

The three additional service members, diagnosed with the virus in the last 24 hours, were being treated and were in isolation when they began showing symptoms, officials said.

Further details about their medical condition wasn’t provided.

The base on Thursday announced its first case of the virus in a NATO service member who was at base for training.

Nellis, located near North Las Vegas, is home to the Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team.

Statewide, 109 people have tested positive for coronavirus, most of them in Clark County, where one person has died.