As of Saturday, health officials have announced 21 cases of coronavirus in Nevada with 16 cases in Clark County, four in Washoe County and one in Carson City.
Governor Sisolak also said the state has not been provided with a sufficient number of testing kits, and that officials are working with the federal government to get more.
He says any Nevada residents who can - should work from home.
Sisolak said he’s directing officials to close state offices to the public as soon as possible and telling leadership for essential services such as Medicaid to wipe down in-person public surfaces and transition as much as possible to online.
He also said the state is initiating a hiring freeze, encouraging state agencies to limit spending to essential emergency purchases and asking local governments to enforce 50 percent or less capacity of any public gathering space