
November 18, 2021
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COVID is largely forgotten but not gone.

There were just 218 new COVID-19 cases in the past four weeks, but still, 17 additional Mohave County residents perished from the disease.

The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible and wearing masks indoors as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the country.

Federal health officials said Sunday that kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe and effective for kids under 5, a key step toward a long-awaited decision to begin vaccinating the youngest American children.

There were 384 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths from the disease in Mohave County in the two-week period ending Wednesday, June 8, according to the Mohave County Department of Public Health.

The Mohave County Department of Public Health reported 259 new COVID-19 cases and four additional deaths in the county in the two-week period ending Wednesday, May 25.

An Arizona provider of COVID-19 vaccinations and testing says a lack of federal funding has forced it to drop dozens of testing sites and free tests to uninsured people.

The number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to decline in Mohave County.

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Mohave County is falling fast.

Arizona health officials will soon go from releasing new state COVID-19 statistics every day to every week.

The Arizona Department of Health Services reported on Thursday, Feb. 17 that 15 more Mohave County residents have died from complications of COVID-19.

The Kingman medical service area continues to suffer from the coronavirus pandemic, but the number of new cases continue to decline in Mohave County after records were set with the arrival of the omicron variant.

COVID-19 continues to take a toll on the elderly in Mohave County, with 11 deaths reported in the age groups over age 60 by the Mohave County Department of Public Health on Thursday, Jan. 27.

A woman who spent seven months in a Phoenix hospital being treated for COVID-19 is urging people to get vaccinated.

Mohave County suffered just 271 additional COVID-19 cases and three deaths from complications of the virus in the most-recent report issued by the Mohave County Department of Public Health on Monday, Jan. 24.

Mohave County set a new monthly record for new COVID-19 cases, with 7,509 cases recorded through Tuesday, Jan. 18.

In a span of just five days, 1,527 Kingman residents contracted COVID-19 and nine died from complications of the disease.

The highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19 may be taking hold in Mohave County.

The highly contagious omicron variant has been detected in Mohave County, and it appears that it’s spreading fast.

The Mohave County Department of Public Health has revealed that 745 more Mohave County residents have been infected with COVID-19, and 16 more have died from complications of the virus.

Higher than normal student absentee rates were reported Wednesday in metro Phoenix, where many school districts resumed classes even as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surged across Arizona.

The Navajo Nation reported 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths Monday, but tribal health officials say the first case of the omicron variant has been detected on the vast reservation.

(The Miner staff selected their top 10 local stories of 2021. Numbers 8-10 appeared Wednesday, numbers 5-7 ran Friday, and numbers 1-4 are published today.)

COVID-19 claimed the lives of 39 Mohave County residents in the seven-day period ending at noon on Monday, Dec. 27.

The federal government is sending medical personnel to Arizona to help with the ongoing COVID-19 surge.

Another 265 Mohave County residents have been infected with COVID-19, and another Kingman-area resident has died of the disease.

A member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors wants to help curb the spread of the coronavirus by imposing a countywide mandate for people to wear mask while inside indoor public places and cannot easily social distance.

Another 17 Mohave County residents have died from complications of COVID-19 and 164 more have contracted the coronavirus, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Arizona is committing millions of dollars and asking the federal government for extra help as hospitals face a growing strain from rising COVID-19 caseloads and warn they are nearing their limits.

COVID-19 has taken another deadly turn in Mohave County.

New cases of COVID-19, and deaths from complications from the virus, are rising again in Mohave County.

Crowding of Arizona's strained health care system continues to worsen during the latest surge, with availability of hospital beds sinking to the lowest level since the pandemic began, state officials reported Thursday.

The way Kelly Townsend sees it, if a doctor is willing to write you a prescription for ivermectin or any other drug, a pharmacist has no right to refuse to fill it – even if it's for a condition for which the manufacturer had not obtained federal approval for the drug.

Despite the availability of life-saving vaccines and treatments, six more Kingman-area residents have perished from complications of COVID-19.

Arizona reported 6,043 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 174 virus deaths Saturday as the pandemic's latest surge maintained its grip on the state.

Nearly half of the 242 new COVID-19 cases reported in Mohave County were logged in the Kingman medical service area, and nearly half of those Kingman cases involved older residents.

Arizona health officials are reporting 1,961 new COVID-19 cases and one new death.

Hospital executives and public health authorities across Arizona pleaded Tuesday for people to get vaccinated and do everything possible to avoid spreading the coronavirus as they gird for another surge in cases that threatens once again to overwhelm the state’s health care system.

The Kingman area continues to suffer the worst of the county’s COVID-19 surge, with another 71 residents infected and another death attributed to complications from the coronavirus.

The Mohave County Department of Public Health reported another 144 new cases of COVID-19 and six deaths from the virus on Wednesday, Nov. 17.

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise again and the holiday season approaching, the head of one of Phoenix's biggest hospital systems renewed pleas Wednesday for the unvaccinated to get inoculated.