Navajo Nation Tops 40,000 COVID Cases; COVID-19 Death Toll at 1,551

 The Navajo Nation gave an account of Saturday 100 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the complete number of Covid cases on the country's biggest Indian reservation to 40,019. The all out incorporates all COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation since March 17, 2020 when the clan started following COVID cases.


Moreover, four additional passings identified with COVID-19 were accounted for on Saturday. The all out passings since detailing started is 1,551.


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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says the increment in cases are the aftereffect of individuals getting together over the Thanksgiving occasion end of the week last week.


The Navajo Nation in cautiously observing the spread of the Omicron variation, another type of COVID-19, that hit the United States interestingly recently. As of Saturday, somewhere in the range of 12 states have detailed no less than one instance of the Omicron variation, including the province of Utah where the northern part of the Navajo Nation is found.


"We encountered an increment in new diseases because of the new occasion, however we need to stay persistent and keep on getting a greater amount of our kin completely immunized. All medical services offices on the Navajo Nation offer the immunizations and supporter shots, so kindly get inoculated assuming that you haven't as of now. We are in the same boat and the most secure spot to be is at home here on the Navajo Nation," Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said.


Medical services offices across the Navajo Nation keep on managing COVID-19 immunizations. On the off chance that you might want to get one of the COVID-19 immunizations, if it's not too much trouble, contact your medical care supplier and timetable an arrangement.


For more data, including supportive avoidance tips, and assets to assist with halting the spread of COVID-19, visit the Navajo Department of Health's COVID-19 site: http://www.ndoh.navajo-nsn.gov/COVID-19. For COVID-19 related inquiries and data, call (928) 871-7014.


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