As Nevada reopens, two bordering states are grappling with their worst surge yet of novel coronavirus cases, just weeks after tighter restrictions were lifted.

Clark County recorded 214 new COVID-19 cases — the second time this week that figure has surpassed 200 — and two additional deaths, according to data posted Friday by the Southern Nevada Health District.

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When Georgia allowed businesses to reopen at the end of April, many visitors from elsewhere flocked to the Peach State to take advantage of the restaurants, salons, bowling alleys and more. As other states followed with staged reopenings, the trend continued.

On Thursday afternoon, 53-year-old Lynn Rocha walked into a casino on the Las Vegas Strip and sat down at a slot machine.

Nevada is more than one week into the second phase of the reopening of the economy after coronavirus closures. Many are venturing out of the safety of home to casinos, churches, work and more.

The numbers of new COVID-19 cases in Clark County and the state spiked Tuesday to their highest levels in 2½ weeks.

For more than two weeks, Karen Sombra spent day and night in a pediatric intensive care unit in Las Vegas, where her two-and-a-half-year-old son was being treated for COVID-19 complications.