WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 28 new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the third consecutive day.
The latest numbers released by tribal health officials pushed the total number of coronavirus cases to 31,449 since the pandemic began more than a year ago.
The known death toll remains at 1,377.
The Navajo Nation reservation is the country’s largest at 27,000 square miles and it covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
“We need more of our people to get fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and we need to continue wearing masks in public and taking precautions to keep ourselves and other safe and healthy,” tribal President Jonathan Nez said in a statement Tuesday. “This virus can affect anyone, people of all ages, vaccinated or unvaccinated.”
