COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Arizona in January 2020. As of June 3, 2021 Arizona public health authorities reported 322 new cases of COVID-19 and five deaths, bringing the cumulative totals since the start of the pandemic to 882,691 cases and 17,653 deaths. 12.3% of the state's population has been positively diagnosed with COVID-19 since the first case was reported on January 26, 2020.
Arizona National Guard members transporting medical PPE to Kayenta on March 31, 2020, in response to COVID-19.
Signs describe public health safety measures for shoppers at a Safeway grocery store in Tucson.
Arizona National Guard service members prepare and collect COVID-19 test samples, July 15, 2020, in Cibecue, Arizona.
COVID-19 testing site at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix
COVID-19 pandemic in the Navajo Nation
On March 17, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was reported to have reached the Navajo Nation. The virus then spread rapidly through the Navajo Nation to the point that the Navajo, in 2020, had a higher per capita rate of infection than any state of the United States. The population according to the 2010 United States census was 173,667. As of September 13, 2022, the number of confirmed cases was 31,571 with 1,893 deaths.
Arizona National Guard members deliver food and supplies for Navajo Nation residents at a local food bank in Black Mesa, Arizona on April 17
Personnel from the National Disaster Medical System and the Public Health Service instruct Arizona National Guard service members at a COVID-19 care facility in Chinle, Arizona on May 7
National Guard directing check-in at a covid testing site in Tonalea, Arizona on May 19
A sign at Four Corners Monument in 2021 advises visitors to wear a mask