Navajo Nation has no COVID-related deaths for 7th day in row

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Navajo Nation has no COVID-related deaths for 7th day in row

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation now has had a week of reporting no additional COVID-19 related deaths on the vast reservation where safety precautions like a mask mandate and daily curfews remain.

The tribe on Saturday night reported no new deaths for the seventh consecutive day and just two new confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

The latest numbers brought the pandemic case total to 30,357 with the death toll remaining at 1,262.

Tribal officials said 16,477 people have recovered from COVID-19 thus far.

The tribe had been easing into reopening but that slowed somewhat after coronavirus variants were confirmed on the reservation that stretches into New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. Tribal officials urged residents to stay vigilant.

Navajo President Jonathan Nez said the tribe recently had a cluster of COVID-19 cases as a result of a family gathering where people were not wearing masks.

Tribal public health orders mandate that masks be worn on the reservation and a daily curfew is in effect. Restaurants cannot have dine-in services.

Navajo Nation roads also are closed to visitors and tourists, which doesn’t affect travel on state highways that run through the reservation.

spadiddle on April 19th, 2021 at 03:58 UTC »

Native American here, different tribe than Navajo/Diné but my tribe also has a pretty cool relationship with the Irish. I’m actually part Irish, and my cousins are even “more” Irish! My tribe sent money to the Irish during the potato famine even though they didn’t even believe in/use money. My dad said his grandfather remembers the tribe selling goods just so they could send money to the Irish. Very cool kinship that’s lasted for many many generations.

saussbauss4ever on April 19th, 2021 at 02:34 UTC »

i drove thru navajo nation this past march and everywhere else in NM and AZ was pretty lax on covid precautions but navajo nation was not fucking around, limiting amount of people in the store at one time, no entry without mask, etc, it was awesome. good for them.

AudibleNod on April 19th, 2021 at 00:13 UTC »

The Irish raised money to Native reservations for COVID relief. This was in response to the Choctaw's famous gift to the Irish to during the Potato Famine.