1. Nevada
While Nevada was fast to re-open many of its casinos, a source of revenue of $1.5 billion a year— or almost 40% of the state ‘s overall tax revenue— may have been a major factor in the state’s increasing number of coronavirus cases. Casinos reopened on June 4, and now the state has an average of 24.1 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents per day, according to the COVID Risk Level Map — only 0.9 cases each day below the COVID Risk Level Red Criteria, which means that stay-at-home orders are once again mandatory for public safety.
On Thursday, 9 July, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak confirmed that an increase in coronavirus cases will lead to a return to phase 1 for bars in some counties, meaning the closure of food-free establishments and the closure of bar areas in some restaurants.
