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A cyclist wears a bandana over his face as he bikes in Nogales, March 2020.

Santa Cruz County has one of the state's highest COVID-19 positivity rates

The border county has some 46,000 residents.
Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

Navajo Nation: 'uncontrolled spread of COVID-19,' stay-at-home order and plateauing cases

Since late November, the Navajo Nation has been taking steps to flatten a spike of COVID-19 cases.
The state says health care workers are at the top of the priority list for COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Pima County preparing for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

The first wave of vaccines could arrive in a few weeks and will go first to health care workers and people on congregate settings.
A Centers for Disease Control image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

White Mountain Apache Tribe locks down due to increase in COVID-19 cases

The lockdown was triggered by a rolling three-day case count and will last the weekend.
File photo of walkers on Tumamoc Hill.

Mask use spotty at Tumamoc, officials weigh need for closure

The hill's director says more people who walk in the evening need to put their masks on.
The east facade of the University of Arizona College of Nursing.

UA creates online skin cancer prevention training for massage therapists

The goal is that the training can one day be made available as a free tool.
A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner Health predicts full hospitals in one week

Facilities will exceed capacity soon as COVID-19 surges.
A sign notifies people masks are required in order to enter a polling site set up at Tucson's Temple Emanu-El on the day of Arizona's primary election, August 4, 2020.

University researchers recommend 3-week shutdown, mask order

UA COVID Modeling Team warn of potential disaster from current surge
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19 surge continues across the state

All counties have now moved up to the moderate range
Both a customer and stylists wear face masks during a hair cut at Eclips Cuts Salon in Tucson on May 12, 2020. The salon reopened when Arizona eased COVID-19-related restrictions that had ordered barbers and salons to close.

COVID-19 rules are difficult to enforce

Numbers are rising and officials need the community to buy in.
A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner forecast to exceed hospital capacity next week

Officials are urging Arizonans to adjust Thanksgiving plans.
The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA working on plans for spring semester

COVID-19 numbers will determine how the university teaches classes in the spring.
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Pima County top health official warns of 'sobering weeks ahead' with pandemic

County puts voluntary curfew in place for the rest of the year.
Margaret and Cathy Kay in January 2020, a few months before Margaret's death.

State officials discourage holiday gatherings for people in assisted living facilities

Officials continue to promote virtual visits and the role of designated essential visitors to keep morale up.
Gov. Doug Ducey at a Nov. 18, 2020 media briefing on the state's COVID-19 response.

Ducey offers guidance, no new restrictions in COVID-19 briefing

Ducey had not given a live briefing since Oct. 28.
Two shoppers wear masks in a Tucson grocery store.

Ducey issues COVID video

As cases rise, Ducey takes to social media.

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