COVID-19 Recovery Numbers Nearly Double In Yavapai County

The number of recoveries in Yavapai County has nearly doubled since Wednesday. Health officials say 29 additional recoveries are being reported, raising the total in the county to 67. There are seven new cases, bringing the total to 279 and there have been no new deaths in the county to keep the total at six. Officials say there are 116 cases at Mingus Mountain Academy, 88 are between the ages of 13 and 17 years old. Over nine-thousand people have been tested in the county so far, with a 96.9-percent average of negative tests to positive. There are now 40 cases in Prescott, 38 cases in Prescott Valley, 17 in Sedona and 16 in Cottonwood. Officials also say there are ten cases in Mayer, nine in Dewey, 11 in Camp Verde and seven in Chino Valley.