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News Article: Graham County (AZ) now with less than 150 active documented COVID-19 cases

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News Article: Graham County (AZ) now with less than 150 active documented COVID-19 cases

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"By Jon Johnson, jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com

SAFFORD – Graham County has had very few new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past month, lowering its numbers to just 147 active cases as of Thursday.

According to the Graham County Department of Health and Human Services, Graham County has had a total of 5,355 confirmed cases for the course of the pandemic, with 5,132 listed as being recovered, 147 active, and 76 deaths in more than a year.

No new cases were recorded Thursday, and, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services COVID-19 school dashboard, Graham County had just a 1 percent positivity rate as of the week of March 14. That is good for a tie with Apache County for the second-lowest percent positivity rate out of Arizona’s 15 counties. Only Greenlee County, which registered a zero percent positivity rate from Feb. 27 – March 14, had lower.

With the lower cases statewide and vaccine rollout, Governor Doug Ducey issued an Executive Order on Thursday, rolling back several COVID-19 mitigation measures involving businesses and gatherings. This comes as other states roll back their COVID-19 mitigation measures as well.

The rollout of the various COVID-19 vaccines has picked up steam in the last month, with the state opening up the vaccine to anyone 16 years old or older for the Pfizer vaccine. Anyone 18 years old or older can be administered the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. The San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation is holding a free, drive-through vaccine clinic on Saturday, March 27 at the San Carlos High School. No appointment is necessary. The clinic will be administering both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

Graham County and Greenlee County are also providing vaccination sites for those 18 and older, and provide the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

Greenlee County:

According to the Greenlee County Health Department, the county currently has just nine active cases of COVID-19.

For the course of the pandemic, Greenlee County has had 568 confirmed positive cases (by far the lowest out of any of Arizona’s 15 counties), with 549 recovered cases, nine active, and 10 deaths."

Date (Dublin Core)

March 25, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Jon Johnson

Contributor (Dublin Core)

James Rayroux

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HST580

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Arizona State University

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news article

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Arizona News

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English Politics
English Public Health & Hospitals

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

04/06/2021

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Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/25/2021

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