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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.

After first dose, Tucson nurse urges trust in COVID-19 vaccine

Pima County has one of the state's highest vaccination rates so far.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey delivers an address about the state's COVID-19 response Dec. 2, 2020.

As Arizona becomes world hot spot, focus put on governor

Scrutiny on governor's resistance to more restrictive measures continues to spike

Arizona reports nearly 300 virus deaths, almost 10K cases

Stress on hospitals and health care professionals continues to rise sharply

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 deemed 'hot spot of the world' amid virus surge

The head of the Arizona Public Health Association predicts Arizona will soon look like Los Angeles

Is the pandemic changing our dreams?

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson faces down 'Rona in 2020; and a profile of Flor de Nopal, an emerging star of the Tucson music scene.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the "Stay home, stay safe" message from the tribal government guarantees that businesses in the nation have the "the safest environment" compared to those outside its tribal lands during the pandemic.

Navajo Nation reports 15 COVID deaths Tuesday

The increase in reported deaths was due to a lag in reporting and confirming cases, a spokesperson said.

A health care worker holds a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at Banner - University Medicine North on Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County leads state in vaccinations

County health officials hope to move into Phase 1B by late next week.

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

Arizona reports record deaths, leads nation in new case rate

Also a record number of hospital beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients statewide

Arizona reports more than 5,100 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

More than 850 news cases in Pima County, nearly 80 in Cochise County

The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County's COVID-19 costs keep growing

Federal money for the pandemic has run out.

Arizona hits new daily high in COVID-19 cases, more than 2,200 in Pima County

Hospital beds also remain in very short supply

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

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

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