Collected Item: “News Article: Navajo Nation reports no COVID-19 deaths for 8th day”
Give your story a title.
News Article: Navajo Nation reports no COVID-19 deaths for 8th day
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
online news article
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
By Associated Press, 19 April 2021
WINDOW ROCK (AP) — The Navajo Nation is finding no new COVID-19 related deaths for an eighth consecutive day.
The tribe on Sunday afternoon reported seven new virus cases but no additional deaths on the vast reservation.
The latest numbers bring the Navajo Nation's pandemic case total to 30,366 with the death toll remaining at 1,262.
Tribal officials said 16,477 people have recovered from COVID-19 thus far.
The tribe had been easing into reopening but that slowed somewhat after coronavirus variants were confirmed on the reservation, which stretches into New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. Tribal officials urged residents to stay vigilant.
Navajo President Jonathan Nez said the tribe recently had a cluster of COVID-19 cases as a result of a family gathering where people were not wearing masks.
Tribal public health orders mandate that masks be worn on the reservation and a daily curfew is in effect. Restaurants cannot have dine-in services.
Navajo Nation roads also are closed to visitors and tourists, which doesn’t affect travel on state highways that run through the reservation.
Meanwhile, health care facilities across the reservation continue to offer the vaccine by appointment or at drive-thru events.
WINDOW ROCK (AP) — The Navajo Nation is finding no new COVID-19 related deaths for an eighth consecutive day.
The tribe on Sunday afternoon reported seven new virus cases but no additional deaths on the vast reservation.
The latest numbers bring the Navajo Nation's pandemic case total to 30,366 with the death toll remaining at 1,262.
Tribal officials said 16,477 people have recovered from COVID-19 thus far.
The tribe had been easing into reopening but that slowed somewhat after coronavirus variants were confirmed on the reservation, which stretches into New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. Tribal officials urged residents to stay vigilant.
Navajo President Jonathan Nez said the tribe recently had a cluster of COVID-19 cases as a result of a family gathering where people were not wearing masks.
Tribal public health orders mandate that masks be worn on the reservation and a daily curfew is in effect. Restaurants cannot have dine-in services.
Navajo Nation roads also are closed to visitors and tourists, which doesn’t affect travel on state highways that run through the reservation.
Meanwhile, health care facilities across the reservation continue to offer the vaccine by appointment or at drive-thru events.
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
Navajo Nation, Navajo, Navajo County, Arizona, United States, death, stat, data, Indian Health Services
Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.
https://kdminer.com/news/2021/apr/19/navajo-nation-reports-no-covid-19-related-deaths-8/
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Associated Press
Give this story a date.
2021-04-19