Navajo Nation reports 14 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

Navajo Nation reports 14 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation health officials are confirming 14 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death.

The figures released Monday night bring the total number of cases to 10,969 with the known death toll now at 574.

Tribal health officials said 116,676 people on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah have been tested for COVID-19 since the pandemic started and 7,396 have recovered.

A shelter-in-place order, mask mandate, daily curfews and weekend lockdowns remain in effect on the Navajo Nation.