The engines that drive Las Vegas were humming once again this spring as casinos raked in record levels of gaming win, but another surge in COVID-19 infections amid stalled vaccination rates threatens to upend the city’s momentum.

After growing fast for decades, Clark County’s population is expected to swell by another 1 million people by 2060, a recent forecast shows.

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COVID-19 cases have almost tripled in the U.S. in the last two weeks as the Delta variant explodes in pockets across the country. The cases are soaring especially in states with low vaccination rates.

A university study is predicting the population in and around Las Vegas will continue to boom over the next four decades.

A university study is predicting the population in and around Las Vegas will continue to boom over the next four decades.

A university study is predicting the population in and around Las Vegas will continue to boom over the next four decades.

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