Yavapai County Has Had No COVID-19 Patients For Days, But Officials Still Concerned

There continues to be no hospitalizations in hospitals in Yavapai County regarding COVID-19. Health officials say there are 306 confirmed cases with 171 of those recovered from the virus and six deaths. Ron Hasse, chief administrator for Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood says “we’ve been fairly steady for the last several weeks, hovering around zero with one positive at the most. I knock on wood when I say that because we are holding our breath as the rest of the nation is as to whether or not there will be a surge. Of the 306 confirmed cases, 119 have come from the Mingus Mountain Academy in Prescott Valley where 103 have now recovered. The percentage of negative tests to those tested in Yavapai County is 97.5-percent.