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Yavapai County Community Health Services reported 284 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths since Labor Day, according to a news release Friday.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. September 10, 2021
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Yavapai County Community Health Services reported 342 new cases of COVID-19 since Labor Day weekend, according to the county’s data dashboard Thursday.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. September 9, 2021
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Yavapai County Community Health Services reported 453 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths in five days, according to a news release Friday.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. September 3, 2021
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Yavapai County Community Health Services reported 366 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths since Aug. 27, according to the YCCHS dashboard Tuesday afternoon.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. August 31, 2021
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Despite COVID-19 numbers in Yavapai County not slowing down, all 15 district libraries in the county were scheduled to reopen Monday, Aug. 30, according to a news release.

August 30, 2021
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In the past 28 days, 92.1% of the new COVID-19 cases in Yavapai County have come from people who are not vaccinated, according to a news release Friday from Yavapai County Community Health Services.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. August 27, 2021
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Arizona health officials on Sunday reported more than 3,000 new coronavirus cases and an additional three deaths as a surge driven by the delta variant continued for the sixth week.

By The Associated Press August 22, 2021
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Yavapai County Community Health Services reported 374 new COVID-19 cases during a five-day stretch this past week, according to a news release Friday.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. August 20, 2021
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With the Delta variant of COVID-19 on the rise, health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are recommending an additional dose of the vaccine for immunocompromised people.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. August 16, 2021
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With the Arizona Department of Health Services reporting two days of 2,000-plus new COVID-19 cases, health officials reported 1,846 on Monday.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. August 2, 2021
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Arizona on Saturday reported over 2,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 infections for the first time in nearly five months amid a continuing increase in the state's rolling average of new cases and more virus-related hospitalizations.

By The Associated Press July 31, 2021
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Yavapai County Community Health Services announced Friday that they’ll be hosting an upcoming town hall meeting to answer questions about the COVID-19 Delta variant, according to a news release.

By Brian M. Bergner Jr. July 30, 2021
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Newest CDC guidance: Wear masks while indoors in public
Arizona has 1,000+ new cases 13th time in 14 days

With Arizona experiencing 1,000-plus new COVID-19 cases for the 13th time in the past 14 days, the American College of Emergency Physicians has increased its call for everyone eligible to get vaccinated and to practice safety measures to lessen transmission of the virus.

By DAN ENGLER Staff Reporter July 28, 2021
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Navajo Chief of Police Phillip Francisco sits ramrod straight at his desk, surrounded by manila folders brimming with paperwork and a Darth Vader figurine that wields a pen as a lightsaber.

By Beth Wallace, News21 July 23, 2021
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Gov. Doug Ducey is doubling down on his refusal to reimpose mitigation measures to help slow the increasing spread of COVID-19.

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COVID-19 infections in Arizona are at their highest level since February. The Friday morning report from the Arizona Department of Health Services shows 1,479 new cases, with seven deaths, in the past 24-hour reporting period.

By Dan Engler July 23, 2021
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The rush of new COVID-19 cases in Arizona continued Wednesday as the state has seen more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in six of the past seven days.

By Dan Engler July 21, 2021
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The state's top health official said Tuesday that schools should be able to quarantine unvaccinated students and keep them out of class in at least some cases where they have been exposed to COVID-19.

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Arizona has had more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in five of the past six days.

By Dan Engler July 19, 2021
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For the first time since March 1, the Arizona Department of Health Services has reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases documented in a 24-hour reporting period.

By Dan Engler July 14, 2021
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Health experts are concerned that Arizona’s recently approved budget, which bans public schools and universities from enforcing mask mandates and COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated students, is endangering public health across the state.

By Rithwik Kalale, Cronkite News July 8, 2021
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Phoenix-area commuters got 36 hours of their lives back last year.

By Brooke Newman, Cronkite News July 8, 2021
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First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff visited a vaccination clinic at Isaac Middle School on Wednesday to stress the importance of community protection from COVID-19.

By Rithwik Kalale, Cronkite News July 1, 2021
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As vaccination rates inch up and countries begin to lift restrictions, some travelers are booking flights for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

By Jamie Landers, Cronkite News June 29, 2021
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With some verbal slaps at how Doug Ducey has handled the current emergency, Republican lawmakers voted Friday to ask Arizona voters to give them the right to quash future declarations.

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Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive order barring the state’s public universities and community colleges from requiring students to get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit their vaccination records is being met with mixed reviews by some ASU students and staff.

By Rithwik Kalale, Cronkite News June 17, 2021
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Border officials urged lawmakers to stick to a plan to reopen the border to nonessential travel Monday, even as they said more needs to be done to prepare for the expected surge in traffic.

By Alyssa Marksz, Cronkite News June 17, 2021
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Gov. Doug Ducey has forbade public universities and community colleges from requiring that students and staff wear masks and get tested regularly for COVID-19.

June 15, 2021
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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is filling up with more travelers this summer, with more than 4.8 million passengers boarding flights there in the past four months alone, according to a report published on the airport’s website.

By Rithwik Kalale and Concettina Giuliano, Cronkite News June 14, 2021
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Sam Wang started keeping his “anti-epidemic diary” in May 2020.

By Henry Greenstein, Cronkite News June 14, 2021

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