The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 41 more COVID-19 cases and one additional death.
The tribe had gone without reporting a coronavirus-related death 25 times in the previous 40 days.
The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 37,586 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago.
The known death toll now is 1,499.
Based on cases from Oct. 22-Nov. 4, the Navajo Department of Health on Monday issued an advisory for 56 communities due to an uncontrolled spread of COVID-19.
All Navajo Nation executive branch employees had to be fully vaccinated against the virus by the end of September or submit to regular testing.
The tribe’s reservation is the country’s largest at 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) and covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Republished with the permission of the Associated Press.
