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Navajo Nation has 48 new cases of coronavirus, 1 more death

UPDATED: MAY 27, 2020 AT 5:47 AM

A rainbow is seen in the distance from the closed Chilchinbeto Church of the Nazarene in Chilchinbeto, Ariz., on the Navajo reservation on April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

BY COLBY WALKER
KSLNewsRadio

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says recent data indicates the coronavirus peak for hospitalizations on the vast reservation occurred from April 21-26, a month earlier than initial projections. During a live online town hall on Tuesday, Nez said initial projections showed the Navajo Nation’s COVID-19 surge peak would begin the week of May 24. Nez says implementing stay-at-home orders and weekend curfews have helped flatten the curve in certain areas of the reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The Navajo Department of Health on Tuesday reported 48 new cases of coronavirus and one additional death. That pushed the tribal numbers to 4,842 cases and 158 known deaths.

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