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Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

Navajo Nation reports 35 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

Feb 14, 2021 Nation President Jonathan Nez issues statement reminding people on the reservation of the mask mandate

Coronavirus in Southern Arizona: An Arizona 360 Special

Arizona reports 1,947 new COVID-19 cases and 30 more deaths

Feb 14, 2021 State is closing in on 800,000 cases and 15,000 deaths since the pandemic began

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

Arizona reports 1,791 additional COVID-19 cases, 114 deaths

Feb 13, 2021 The number of patients hospitalized due to the coronavirus outbreak continues to drop

Waiting for COVID-19 variants

Feb 12, 2021 Few cases of the variants have shown up in Arizona.

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.

Arizona reports 2,426 additional COVID-19 cases, 172 deaths

Feb 12, 2021 Case numbers continue to slow, but health experts caution diligence.

A COVID-19 vaccination site set up on the University of Arizona Mall. January 2021.

Rural counties making strides with COVID-19 vaccines

Feb 11, 2021 Many rural counties are leading the state in vaccination rates.

UA wildcat sculpture sports a mask, July 2020

No positive COVID-19 tests at UA

Feb 11, 2021 The university has had a positivity rate below 1% for weeks.

Health care workers prepare to administer a doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution site at Banner - University Medical North in Tucson on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.

State wants 24/7 COVID-19 vaccine site in Pima County

Feb 9, 2021 Vaccine shortage means cuts to local centers.

Dr. Cara Christ, the head of the Arizona Dept. of Health Services, took the President and Vice President on a virtual tour of State Farm Stadium in Glendale. The facility is a state-run mass vaccination site for COVID-19 that operates around the clock.

Biden and Harris “visit” state COVID-19 vaccination site

Feb 8, 2021 The President and Vice President had plenty of praise for Arizona.

Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA readies for more in-person classes

Feb 8, 2021 Officials are hoping all students are vaccinated by the end of the semester.

Scientists are theorizing why children avoid serious COVID-19 infection.

Child COVID cases starting to be studied

Feb 8, 2021 Researchers are asking why kids are less likely to contract serious COVID-19 infections.

A container holds several vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

Pima County COVID-19 vaccine shortage due to federal government

Feb 7, 2021 The state made an error in ordering according to a member of Congress.

Arizona reports 1,544 new COVID-19 cases, 37 more deaths

Feb 7, 2021 Health officials brace for potential surge from Super Bowl gatherings

Arizona COVID-19 death toll tops 14K; caution urged for Super Bowl

Feb 6, 2021 Case numbers have been dropping, but health officials remain concerned.

A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County getting fewer COVID-19 vaccines

Feb 4, 2021 The head of the Board of Supervisors is reaching out for more inoculations.

Arizona reports steady decline of new COVID-19 hospitalizations

Feb 4, 2021 4,417 new virus cases, 176 more deaths reported

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