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

Navajo Nation reports 153 new virus cases, four more deaths

Dec 30, 2020 Numbers are dropping but worries about holiday surge persist

A watchtower seen in the distance at the Florence State Prison.

Arizona corrections system plans 2nd round of inmate testing

Dec 30, 2020 43,000 inmates have been tested since March - 6,411 positive

Arizona reports over 5K additional COVID-19 cases, 78 deaths

Dec 30, 2020 Hospitalizations are at a record high

File image of equipment in a trauma room at a hospital in Tucson.

Burdened Arizona hospitals turn away ambulances, transfers

Dec 29, 2020 Demand is outpacing capacity

Pediatricians are concerned that most Arizona children have missed routine vaccinations.

People 75 and older get higher Arizona vaccination priority

Dec 29, 2020 More than half a million Arizonans qualify

A handout image from Banner Health shows a health care worker in one of the hospital's COVID-19 units.

COVID-19 patients fill more than half of Arizona ICU beds

Dec 28, 2020 A record 988 patients are filling ICU beds statewide

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

Total COVID-19 cases in Arizona now more than 500,000

Dec 28, 2020 Pandemic shows no signs of abating

Some Arizona hospitals have exceeded their normal capacity

Dec 24, 2020 Hospital beds are in short supply

Arizona reports 6th day of over 100 virus deaths in 9 days

Dec 24, 2020 Many hospital are operating above normal capacity

The new tower at Banner University Medical Center opened on April 22, 2019.

Ducey still not doing enough, says Banner top clinical leader

Dec 23, 2020 The state's largest health care chain is over capacity at several facilities.

The owner of Shish Kebab House of Tucson (center) and employees work in the kitchen to fill to-go orders. The restaurant saw a sharp decline in business when it had to halt dine-in service during the Arizona's stay-at-home order. April 2020.

New state benchmarks mean bars, restaurants can stay open

Dec 21, 2020 Relaxed rules were enacted last week with little notice.

A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner-Phoenix morgue overflows with COVID-19 dead

Dec 18, 2020 Hospital calls on refrigerated trucks as the pandemic grows.

Phoenix doctor on his experiences treating COVID patients

Dec 18, 2020 Dr. Frank LoVecchio works in emergency medicine at Valleywise Health Medical Center.

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.

Arizona to receive fewer vaccine doses than expected next week, health department says

Dec 18, 2020 The state will receive about 30,000 fewer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines than expected for the week of Dec. 20.

UA Cancer Center oncology nurse Iris Delfakis receives the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine administered at Banner-UMC on Dec. 17, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccine came quickly, but not at the expense of safety, expert says

Dec 18, 2020 A conversation with Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunobiologist at the University of Arizona.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Tucson

Dec 17, 2020 TMC, Banner-UMC giving vaccine to front line health care workers

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