Jonathan Nez serves as President of the Navajo Nation. Photo: Navajo Nation Office of President and Vice President
The Navajo Nation
Office of the President and Vice President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 16, 2022
Over four-day period, 372 new cases and two deaths related to COVID-19 reported, 63 communities identified with uncontrolled spread
WINDOW ROCK, Arizona – On Tuesday, the Navajo Department of Health, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center and the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, reported 372 new COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation and two deaths over a four-day period from August 13-16. The total number of deaths is now 1,879. 576,485 COVID-19 tests have been administered. The overall total number of positive COVID-19 cases is now 63,342, including 58 delayed reported cases.
Based on cases from July 29 – August 11, 2022, the Navajo Department of Health issued a Health Advisory Notice for the following 63 communities due to uncontrolled spread of COVID-19:
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Baca/Prewitt Becenti Bird Springs Black Mesa Casamero Lake Chichiltah Chinle Churchrock Coyote Canyon Crownpoint Dennehotso Dilkon
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Fort Defiance
Ganado Hard Rock Hogback Houck Indian Wells Iyanbito Kaibeto Kayenta Lake Valley Leupp Littlewater Lukachukai
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Lupton
Manuelito Many Farms Nageezi Nahatadziil Naschitti Nazlini Newcomb Pinon Ramah Red Lake Red Valley Rock Point
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Rock Springs
Rough Rock Round Rock Sanostee Sheepsprings Shiprock Shonto Smith Lake St. Michaels Standing Rock Tachee/Blue Gap Teecnospos
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Teesto
Thoreau Tohajiilee Tohatchi Tonalea Tsaile/Wheatfields Tsayatoh Tselani/Cottonwood Tuba City Twin Lakes Two Grey Hills Upper Fruitland
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“Our elders continue to lead the way for the rest of us with the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate among any age group. In order to lower the risks associated with COVID-19, we need more of our people to get fully vaccinated and get a booster shot if you are eligible. In addition to COVID-19, we have concerns increasing over the spread of Monkeypox across the country. We do not have any confirmed cases of Monkeypox on the Navajo Nation and we are currently working with the White House and other federal officials to secure vaccine doses. These are serious public health concerns that we continue to carefully monitor, but we also need our people to do their part by being cautious and informing their loved ones,” said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez.
Health care facilities on the Navajo Nation continue to administer COVID-19 vaccines. If you would like to receive one of the COVID-19 vaccines, please contact your health care provider and schedule an appointment.
“If you or someone in your household feels sick or has symptoms related to COVID-19, our health care experts urge you to isolate and get tested as soon as possible. We all have to do our part to lessen the spread of COVID-19 in our homes and communities. Please be safe and continue to pray for our frontline workers and our Nation,” said Vice President Myron 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: http://www.ndoh.navajo-nsn.gov/COVID-19. For COVID-19 related questions and information, call (928) 871-7014.
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