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Navajo Nation reports 135 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

FILE - In this April 18, 2020, file photo, a sign on a door warns people to wear face coverings at the Kayenta Health Center on the Navajo reservation in Kayenta, Ariz. Across the nation, Native American tribes are working to protect their oldest members from the coronavirus. The effort is about more than protecting lives. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

By The Associated Press
  | Feb. 1, 2021, 2:00 p.m.
| Updated: 6:50 p.m.

Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajo Nation health officials have reported 135 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths.

The latest numbers released Saturday night raised the totals to 28,717 cases and 1,014 known deaths since the pandemic began.

The tribe has tribe extended its stay-at-home order with a revised nightly curfew to limit the spread of COVID-19.

The Navajo Department of Health has identified 53 communities with uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus, down from 75 communities in recent weeks.

The Navajo Nation also is lifting weekend lockdowns to allow more vaccination events.

The actions in the latest public health emergency order will run through at least Feb. 15.

Tribal officials say there have been nearly 232,000 COVID-19 tests on the vast reservation and over 14,300 people have recovered.

The Navajo Nation extends into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.


By The Associated Press