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Experts Urge Arizonans To Take Coronavirus Precautions As Cases Spike Across The State

The Arizona Department of Health Services reported more than 6,000 new coronavirus infections and 54 new deaths Dec. 23, bringing the state past 8,000 fatalities since the pandemic began. More than 60% of Arizona’s COVID-19 cases have been identified in Maricopa County. Pima County has racked up the second-highest number of cases, with about 13% of the state’s total. But that doesn’t mean the current surge is strictly an urban issue. Residents in rural parts of the state may have less immediate access to emergency care or live in counties where mitigation measures aren’t being taken as seriously as they were early on.

Should you take the covid-19 vaccine?

To take the vaccine, or not to take the vaccine that is the question on many residents’ minds as the first doses of Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine arrive throughout Mohave County and distribution begins. “The notion of taking the vaccine is a very personal decision,” said Kingman Regional Medical Center CEO Will McConnell. In Lake Havasu City some residents have said they will get vaccinated as soon as possible, others want to wait and see how things go, and others say they don’t plan to get the vaccine at all. CEO Mike Stenger said Western Arizona Medical Center reached out to its employees recently to get an idea of how many vaccinations it would need for its facility and found about a third of its employees fell into each category.

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