By Jon Johnson
GRAHAM COUNTY – After dropping roughly 90 percent from the previous month’s high last week, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Graham County has continued a downward trajectory.
According to the Graham County Department of Health and Human Services, there were only seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for all of Graham County for the past four days.
Even with the new cases, the currently active number of cases in the county has been reduced by nearly 40 percent to just 660.
For the course of the pandemic, Graham County has had 11,878 confirmed cases, 11,047 recoveries, 660 currently active cases, and 171 deaths.
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) put out data regarding rates of COVID-19 by vaccination status. Click here to go through the data, which states that in December unvaccinated people had a 4 times greater chance of contracting COVID-19, a 24 times greater risk of hospitalization, and 58 times greater risk of dying from it.
The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services offers free vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson and has booster shots for those 18 and over. Additionally, children 5 and up can receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and adults can have any of the three. The health department provides the vaccine Mondays from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Thursdays from 2 – 5 p.m., and the Pfizer vaccine for those 5 and older on Thursdays from 5 – 7:30 p.m. and Fridays from 2 – 5 p.m. Click here to register to receive a vaccine. Vaccines are also available at local pharmacies such as Palo Verde Pharmacy in Pima, and, in Greenlee County, at Gila Health Resources.
