WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - Navajo Nation health officials have reported 71 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths.
The latest numbers released Saturday night raised the totals to 28,872 cases and 1,056 known deaths since the pandemic began.
U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed a long-awaited major disaster declaration for the Navajo Nation.
It will provide more federal resources and prompts the release of federal funds for the reimbursement of emergency funds expended to address the COVID-19 pandemic on the Navajo Nation which covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The tribe has tribe extended its stay-at-home order with a revised nightly curfew to limit the spread of COVID-19.
The Navajo Department of Health has identified 56 communities with uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus, down from 75 communities in recent weeks.
The Navajo Nation also is lifting weekend lockdowns to allow more vaccination events.
The actions in the latest public health emergency order will run through at least Feb. 15.
Tribal officials said there have been more than 235,500 COVID-19 tests administered on the vast reservation and over 15,000 people have recovered.
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