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Arizona hospital official: Avoid New Year's gatherings

The state added nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

Arizona stadium, home field for the University of Arizona Wildcats football team.

Update: Arizona Bowl canceled

Boise State pulled out of the game due to the number of players with COVID.

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.

New Arizona COVID-19 cases over 7,600 due to holiday lag

Daily numbers will be high for the next few days as reporting catches up after Christmas break.

Arizona reports 3,808 new COVID-19 cases, another 72 deaths

More than 2,000 people are in the hospital with COVID-19.

An eviction hearing takes place virtually in the courtroom of Judge Ronald Newman at the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court on Aug. 11, 2021.

Tucson mayor and council vote to extend eviction moratorium on city-owned housing units

The moratorium will now expire in June 2022.

Gov. Doug Ducey speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2020.

Return-to-work bonus program has paid out less than 15% of funds

The Department of Economic Security has not said how it will use the remainder of the money.

A sign outside of the University of Arizona bookstore reminds visitors that masks are required to enter.

Pima County reinstates mask requirement

The mandate goes into effect immediately and runs through the end of February.

A sculpture outside of the University of Arizona's Main Library is donned with a face mask.

University of Arizona reports first seven omicron variant cases

The university said the variant was found "within the Tucson campus community," but would not say if the cases involved students or staff.

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

Feds sending medical team to aid with COVID-19 in Arizona

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is deploying ambulances to take patients from full hospitals to facilities with open beds.

Arizona reports 2,176 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

Hospitalizations due to the virus numbered at 2,496 as of Sunday.

Arizona reports 2,745 more COVID-19 cases and 3 more deaths

The latest numbers pushed the state’s totals since the pandemic began to 1,336,806 cases and 23,519 known deaths.

A flag flies by the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

US Treasury has issued new guidance on deadlines to spend CARES Act relief

Costs can now be considered incurred by December 31, 2021, if recipients have an order placed or have entered into a contract by that end of the year deadline.

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.

Arizona recovers jobs lost early in pandemic

The unemployment rate also fell below that of February 2020.

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

Arizona reports 3,686 additional COVID-19 cases, 143 deaths

Hospitals statewide had 2,569 virus patients occupying inpatient beds as of Thursday.

First case of Omicron variant confirmed in Pima County

The Pima County Health Department said the person tested positive for COVID-19 in Tucson in early December.

Arizona rural hospitals asking feds for COVID-19 staffing

The state Department of Health Services put in requests for medical staffing for at least seven rural hospitals.

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