Less and less Covid shots in the region that’s because Yavapai County’s level of social immunity has allowed health experts to do away with quarantines for COVID-19. Leslie Horton, director of the county’s Health Services Department, said 95% of county residents have either recovered from a bout of COVID or have received some level of vaccination. Specifically, she said, 50% of residents have had at least one shot. For the first time this summer, COVID-19 numbers in Yavapai County are heading in a good direction, she said. Horton, updating the Board of Supervisors at their Aug. 17 meeting in Cottonwood, said the 52 cases reported last week are less than half of those reported the week of July 4. At that time, numbers spiked to over 100. Going forward, she expects COVID to be treated like other infectious disease.
