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Despair gives way to hope as San Juan leads Utah in vaccinations

After enduring the highest mortality rate in the state, over 40% of the rural county has received at least one dose of the vaccine, far outpacing the national average.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Brenda Vijil, a Diné medical assistant at Utah Navajo Health System's Monument Valley Clinic, records an incoming patient's personal information before admittance into the triage unit to take vitals and administer a coronavirus test. Aug. 24, 2020.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Brenda Vijil, a Diné medical assistant at Utah Navajo Health System's Monument Valley Clinic, records an incoming patient's personal information before admittance into the triage unit to take vitals and administer a coronavirus test. Aug. 24, 2020.