4th COVID-19 Death From Delta Variant (AM)

LEAD: A COVID-19-related death in Washoe County is attributed to a new strain of the virus. Rich Petschke (petch-key) reports:

[VERBATIM: According to the Washoe County Regional Information Center this is the 4th person to have died from the Delta variant of the coronavirus since July 1. The victim was a man in his 30s who had no underlying conditions but was unvaccinated.]

TAG: Officials say the county’s positive COVID-19 cases doubled in the last 30 days.