The Navajo Nation

Office of the President and Vice President

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2020

5,095 recoveries, 63 new cases, no new deaths related to COVID-19 reported 

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — On Monday, the Navajo Department of Health, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, reported 63 new COVID-19 positive cases for the Navajo Nation and no new deaths. The total number of deaths remains at 363 as previously reported. Reports from all 12 health care facilities on and near the Navajo Nation indicate that approximately 5,095 individuals have recovered from COVID-19. 54,734 people have been tested for COVID-19. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases for the Navajo Nation is 7,532.

Navajo Nation COVID-19 positive cases by Service Unit:

• Chinle Service Unit: 1,940
• Crownpoint Service Unit: 662
• Ft. Defiance Service Unit: 469
• Gallup Service Unit: 1,270
• Kayenta Service Unit: 1,072
• Shiprock Service Unit: 1,211
• Tuba City Service Unit: 639
• Winslow Service Unit: 265

* Four residences with COVID-19 positive cases are not specific enough to place them accurately in a Service Unit.

“Today, the Governor of Arizona announced that he is re-implementing certain restrictions related to certain businesses due to the rise in new COVID-19 cases. Here on the Navajo Nation, we certainly don’t want another spike in cases, so we need to stay the course and keep fighting this modern-day monster together. It’s a challenge for our Nation to keep flattening the curve when areas around us are seeing spikes in cases, but we are strong and resilient and we will overcome this pandemic eventually,” said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez.

President Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer will host an online town hall on Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m. (MDT) live on the Nez-Lizer Facebook page to provide important updates.

“We’re not backing down from this virus. We are blessed to have so many doctors, nurses, EMT’s, police officers, and many other first responders who are healing our people and fighting for their lives every day. Please continue to pray for those who are fighting the virus and those who are grieving for their loved ones. Our frontline warriors are the answers to our prayers, so let’s keep supporting them and encouraging them,” said Vice President Lizer.

For more information, including helpful prevention tips, and resources to help stop the spread of COVID-19, visit the Navajo Department of Health’s COVID-19 website at http://www.ndoh.navajo-nsn.gov/COVID-19. For COVID-19 related questions and information, call (928) 871-7014.

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