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A member of the Arizona National Guard speaks to a COVID-19 vaccine recipient at a vaccination event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the Gila River Indian Reservation on Feb. 20, 2021.

COVID-19 vaccine rollout across AZ tribal lands

Mar 8, 2021 Indian Health Serves lays out how the pandemic has impacted Indigenous Arizonans.

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CDC ranks Arizona 8th in the nation for COVID-19 deaths, 22nd in cases

Mar 7, 2021 19% of Arizonans have received vaccinations

A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

State virus hospitalizations below 1K for 1st time in months

Mar 7, 2021 CDC ranks Arizona eighth in the nation for COVID-19 deaths per capita over the last seven days and 22nd in cases

Some restaurants opened for dine-in service on Monday, while others said they plan to wait until they feel it's safe for staff and customers.

Ducey ends COVID-19 business capacity restrictions

Mar 5, 2021 The Governor issued an Executive Order ending many restrictions on businesses.

Essential workers are COVID-19 vaccine eligible

Mar 3, 2021 The state has changed vaccine phases to age based.

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Ducey gets vaccine as Arizona COVID death toll tops 16,000

Mar 2, 2021 The latest figures increase the state’s pandemic totals to 818,670 confirmed cases and 16,080 deaths.

UA wants rural COVID-19 vaccines

Mar 1, 2021 The university is ready to expand operations to other counties.

The CDC reports Arizona tied for fifth in the nation for COVID-19 deaths per capita over the last seven days

Feb 28, 2021 Arizona reports 1,075 new COVID-19 cases and 13 more deaths

During a Facebook Live video Feb. 20, 2021, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez greeted patients who had just received a COVID-19 vaccine dose at Tsaile Indian Health Center.

Navajo Nation Covid-19 cases continue to decline

Feb 28, 2021 Navajo Nation reports 7 new COVID-19 cases and 3 more deaths

Arizona reports 1,179 additional COVID-19 cases, 70 deaths

Feb 27, 2021 Seven-day rolling averages of daily new cases and daily deaths both declined over the past two weeks

A bar in downtown Tucson during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reflecting on Arizona’s pandemic one year in

Feb 26, 2021 Experts weigh in on we've learned since last spring.

A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

UA gives Pima County COVID-19 vaccines

Feb 24, 2021 The Moderna doses will allow community outreach.

Dr. Jill Jim, the Executive Director of the Navajo Department of Health and one of the COVID-19 advisors who prepared President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential transition.

Conversation with health expert in the Navajo Nation about COVID-19

Feb 24, 2021 The head of the Navajo Department of Health also talks about her experiences advising then President-elect Joe Biden on COVID-19.

Mobile vaccination clinics return this weekend

Feb 23, 2021 Vaccine shortage canceled the pop-up sites,

Signs advertise a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site outside of Walgreens in Tucson on April 21, 2020.

COVID-19 testing drops in AZ as cases decrease

Feb 22, 2021 Health officials are worried about the declining test trend.

CDC says Arizona ranks third in the country for COVID-19 deaths per capita

Feb 21, 2021 State reports more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases and 25 additional deaths

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