Nine additional deaths were reported, increasing the toll to 646.

The state Department of Health on Saturday reported 1,182 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, increasing the statewide total to 34,477. It’s unclear if they will take up the union’s demands when the new session starts. Lawmakers are working through a budget session and have not yet started what’s expected to a criminal justice session immediately after. The union has asked state lawmakers to pass legislation requiring daily hotel room cleaning and other measures as they meet in special sessions to make steep budget cuts and address criminal and social justice reform. Some have posted the plans online and the testing plans vary, with some requiring it and others offering it for workers. Nevada gambling regulators already require face masks in all casinos and the casino-resorts were required to submit plans to regulators showing how they’d keep customers and workers safe. The Culinary Union is asking for daily cleaning of hotel guest rooms, mandatory testing of all employees returning to work and regular testing after that, along with PPE for workers, the enforcement of social distancing and a safety plan posted publicly online.

The union, representing 60,000 housekeepers, porters, bartenders, servers, cooks and other workers in Las Vegas and Reno, is calling on Sisolak, the state Legislature and casino companies to do more to protect workers. Steve Sisolak allowed casinos to reopen on June 4. The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and affiliated Bartenders Union Local 165 said in a statement Friday that hospitalizations for its members, their spouse or dependents have climbed 800% since Gov. LAS VEGAS (AP) - A union representing workers in Las Vegas casinos has reported 22 deaths and 352 hospitalizations of its members or their family members since March.

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