“People have to just be very vigilant,” said county spokesperson Matthew Rudig. “They need to stay home, wash their hands frequently and do whatever they can, especially if they have underlying health conditions, are in one of those vulnerable populations or are around older people.”

As of Monday evening, there were 18 confirmed cases in the county. In a live Facebook video update Tuesday, Supervisor Jim Parks broke the cases down by age: eight individuals in the 40-64 year range, seven who are 65 years and older and three in all other age groups. He also noted nine cases are in Flagstaff, six in Page and the remaining three in other areas of the county.

Sunday, the County announced the first signs of community transmission of COVID-19, which happens when confirmed cases cannot be traced back to an exposure like travel or contact with a known confirmed case.

“With community transmission, we know that it’s just here in our community and it’s in our neighboring communities and across the nation, so people need to assume they have been exposed or that at some point in time they will most likely be exposed,” Peoples said Monday in a video update, explaining the need for precautions like hand washing.

CCHHS has urged people to continue to take the following precautionary measures: