Carson City health officials get backed up on contact tracing ahead of holiday

Carson City health officials were scrambling to get contact tracing done for nearly 1,200 people who tested positive before the Thanksgiving holiday in hopes they stay home. The area is seeing a huge surge in cases like most of the state. Tahoe Carson Health is at 90 percent capacity and is using beds at Carson Tahoe Long-term Acute Care Hospital and Carson Tahoe Sierra Surgery.