monkeypox

This brings the total number of cases on the Navajo Nation to four.

The Navajo Department of Health said the individual is a member of the Navajo Nation living in New Mexico’s McKinley County.

Health officials in Coconino and Mohave counties have confirmed the first local cases of monkeypox. So far, there’ve been about 250 known infections of the contagious disease in Arizona amid a national public health crisis.

The spread of Monkeypox remains a public health emergency in the U.S. with more than 11,000 cases confirmed nationwide by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Confirmed cases in Arizona so far have been minimal and no infections have yet been detected in Coconino County.

State health officials say they’ve identified the first probable case of monkeypox in Arizona. The case involves a man in his late 30s in Maricopa County.