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

Health officials: Arizona COVID-19 triage care again likely

Surging Coronavirus cases crowding intensive care units.

Arizona starts 2021 with over 10K virus cases, 151 deaths

Surge continues into the new year with hospital beds in short supply

Coronavirus pandemic is causing prolonged closures for Navajo Nation gaming sites

Navajo Nation casinos to lay off more than 1,100

Lack of revenue caused by prolonged closures

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

Arizona sets hospitalization high amid surge in virus cases

More than 4.500 COVID-19-related hospitalizations sets new bar

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

Ducey tries to streamline vaccine delivery

The governor issued an executive order to make distribution more efficient.

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

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

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

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

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

Demand is outpacing capacity

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

People 75 and older get higher Arizona vaccination priority

More than half a million Arizonans qualify

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

A record 988 patients are filling ICU beds statewide

Navajo Nation reports 122 new COVID-19 cases, 10 more deaths

Nation renews stay-at-home mandate

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

Pandemic shows no signs of abating

Some Arizona hospitals have exceeded their normal capacity

Hospital beds are in short supply

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

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

The state's largest health care chain is over capacity at several facilities.

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