Timeline: A look at Nevada's fight against coronavirus and the road to reopen the economy
Saturday marks the first day of Phase 1, when Nevada will begin reopening nonessential businesses in earnest after almost two months under shutdown orders.
It's a significant milestone for a state that has endured unprecedented economic hardship in a collective effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has credited the sweeping response with helping Nevada avoid dire scenarios that projected thousands of deaths and an overrun health care system if business continued as usual. But he warned that the public health fight is not over, and Nevadans must stay on guard to ensure cases of COVID-19 don't escalate out of control.
Here's a timeline of the events leading up to the partial reopening of the state's economy.
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