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Pandemic total 165 new deaths
John Johnson
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Graham County – Confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to rise by double digits daily as Graham County reported its latest death attributed to COVID-19 on Friday.
The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services confirmed 78 new cases on Friday, bringing the number of ongoing cases to nearly 2,400, a record high. Graham County has a total of 11,423 confirmed cases over the course of the pandemic, with at least 8,859 recoveries and 165 deaths.
The silver lining is that the majority of new cases appear to be due to the highly contagious but less severe Omicron subspecies, which primarily attacks the upper respiratory system. Symptoms of the Omicron subspecies include fever, cough, malaise, sore throat, runny nose, headache, and, in a few people, difficulty breathing, and loss of taste and smell.
Mount Graham Regional Medical Center previously urged the community to reduce infection rates in the face of the more contagious variant of Omicron.
The hospital is asking community members to practice recommended precautions in public and receive COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots along with seasonal flu shots. “These can help avoid serious illness,” the statement read.
For the week ending January 11, the hospital had an average of four COVID-19 patients each day for the past two weeks, according to its own data. He was 89.5% of the patients who were hospitalized during the same period and did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) released data on infection rates. By COVID-19 vaccination status. click here A look at the data shows that people who weren’t vaccinated in November were nearly five times more likely to contract COVID-19 and 31 times more likely to die from it.
The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services offers free vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and booster shots for those 18 and older. In addition, children over the age of five can get her COVID-19 vaccine, and adults he can get any of the three. The Health Department is open Monday 8am to 12pm, Thursday 2pm to 5pm, Pfizer Vaccines Thursday 5pm to 7:30pm and Friday 2pm to 5pm. It offers. Click here for vaccination registrationVaccines are also available at local pharmacies such as: Palo Verde Pharmacy in Pimaand Gila Health Resources in Greenlee County.
Greenlee County
The latest announcement from the Greenlee County Health Department was made Thursday, listing the county as having 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the pandemic total to 2,225. .
As of Thursday, Greenlee County had about 128 cases, with 2,067 recoveries and 30 deaths over the course of the pandemic.
The new cases give Greenlee County the second lowest county case rate in the state at 20,241 per 100,000 population. Greenlee currently lags Yavapai County in having the lowest infection rate in the state with 19,660 cases per 100,000 population. Cochise County sits just behind Greenlee at 22,224 per 100,000 population. The state average is 26,476 per 100,000 population, while Graham County has 29,688 per 100,000 population, making him the second highest percentage after Navajo County, which has 31,942 per 100,000 population.
MGRMC is a Level IV trauma center and works with local air transportation to transfer patients to higher level trauma centers as needed.
