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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The mixture of precautionary measures, post-holidays, and vaccine rollout possibly has helped lower the number of cases of COVID-19 in Graham County. As of …
Graham County now has less than 600 active COVID-19 cases Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: A young girl secures her mask with loops over her ears. By Victoria Hill/Cronkite News PHOENIX – A House committee has passed a Republican-sponsored bill …
Masks off: Bill would allow Arizona businesses to ignore city, county mandates Read More
TweetPinShareGraham County now lists 71 deaths from COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services (GCDHHS) announced the death of a Safford …
Another Safford resident’s death attributed to COVID-19 Read More TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com MORENCI – It took Greenlee County an entire year to register six deaths from COVID-19 and now it has listed three in less than one week. …
Another Morenci resident’s death attributed to COVID-19 Read More TweetPinShareArizona passes 800,000 total cases and 15,000 deaths for the pandemic By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Graham County has registered its first COVID-19 death under the age of 20. …
Safford sees first COVID-19 death of resident under the age of 20 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Census Bureau Racial inequality in pandemic mortality widens when age, indirect impact taken into account By Victoria Udalova WASHINGTON D.C. – Racial disparities in the mortality impact …
Indirect impact of COVID-19 results in higher pandemic death toll Read More TweetPinShareSafford resident latest victim to succumb to COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Halfway through February, Graham County’s recovered COVID-19 cases now outnumber active cases by more than 4-1 …
Graham County COVID-19 cases continue to slow, but deaths still occurring Read More
TweetPinShareRaymundo Frasquillo File Photo/Gila Herald: Volunteers hand out masks at an event in Morenci. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GREENLEE COUNTY – Late Monday night, the Greenlee County Health Department advised …
Greenlee County announces two new COVID-19 deaths Read More TweetPinShareGreenlee adds new death to increase total to seven By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Halfway through February, Graham County’s recovered COVID-19 cases now outnumber active cases 4-1 and the …
Graham County recovered COVID-19 cases outnumber active cases 4-1 Read More TweetPinShareThatcher resident’s death attributed to COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Cases of COVID-19 in Graham County continue to slow after the January spike, however, some are still losing …
COVID-19 cases slow at start of February Read More