Feb. 12
The Arizona Department of Health Services reported 2,426 new cases of COVID-19 throughout the state and 172 additional deaths related to the virus.
The state has administered 1,096,126 COVID vaccines to Arizonans.
In Yuma County, 28,059 residents have received the vaccine. In La Paz County, 3,581 residents have received the vaccine.
Feb. 11
The Yuma County Health District reported 24 new cases today and 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
It brings the total number of cases countywide to 35,907 and deaths to 750.
As of 8 a.m. Thursday, there were 60 patients hospitalized at Yuma Regional Medical Center and 26 in the intensive care unit.
As of Jan. 24 the percentage of positive tests for Yuma County was at 16%.
Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine arrived in Mohave County just in time for Christmas, and hundreds of residents are expected to be vaccinated before the end of the year. But distributing the
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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.
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.