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July 20, 2021 - 4:58 PM
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 17 new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the third consecutive day.
The latest numbers brought the total number of coronavirus-related cases on the vast reservation to 31,218 since the pandemic began more than a year ago.
The number of known deaths remained at 1,366.
The Navajo Nation recently relaxed restrictions to allow visitors to travel on the reservation and visit popular attractions like Canyon de Chelly and Monument Valley.
The reservation is the countryâs largest at 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometres) and it covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
Navajo Nation: 17 new COVID cases, no deaths 3rd day in row
July 20, 2021
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 17 new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the third consecutive day.
The latest numbers brought the total number of coronavirus-related cases on the vast reservation to 31,218 since the pandemic began more than a year ago.
The number of known deaths remained at 1,366.
The Navajo Nation recently relaxed restrictions to allow visitors to travel on the reservation and visit popular attractions like Canyon de Chelly and Monument Valley.
The reservation is the country’s largest at 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) and it covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
Mexican Wolf Breeding Program Gets Boost From Zoo - By
Fabiola Sánchez Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) Five gray wolf pups born at Mexico City s Chapultepec Zoo are giving a boost to efforts to broaden the endangered species genetic diversity amid continuing efforts to reintroduce the animals to the wild decades after they were reduced to captive populations.
The pups father, Rhi, alerts them every midday to the delivery of breakfast, in the form of chicken and quail meat brought by zookeeper Jorge Gutiérrez, 58.
Gutiérrez has cared for Rhi since he was born, and is now proud to see he has formed a pack with the pups mother, Seje.
Navajo officials confident about reopening amid spread of delta variant in U.S.
July 20, 2021
Masks are imperative to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its variants, Navajo public health officials say. (Photo by grandriver/Getty Images)
PHOENIX – Cases of the delta variant are rising quickly in the U.S., but Navajo officials say they made the right decision earlier this month to reopen parts of the nation at 50% capacity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimates the fast-spreading delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is responsible for more than 83% of cases in the U.S, a sharp uptick from the 50% reported the first week of July.