Las Vegas, April 1 (RHC)-- In Las Vegas, 500 unhoused people were displaced from a Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter after a resident tested positive for COVID-19.  City and county officials have since set up an open-air encampment, painting lines on the pavement of the Cashman Center parking lot to keep unhoused people six feet apart.  Meanwhile, thousands of Las Vegas hotel rooms remain empty during the lockdown.

The United States has confirmed over 188,000 cases of COVID-19 and more than 4,000 deaths.  California hospitalizations have doubled over the past four days, with intensive care cases tripling in that time.  California health officials predict the state’s peak of COVID-19 cases will be lower than New York’s because stringent social distancing policies were adopted sooner.