FLAGSTAFF — Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) officials received confirmatory test results July 11, 2025, and have confirmed that a Coconino County resident has died from pneumonic plague,

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one person in Flagstaff dying from the disease.

Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino County resident has died from pneumonic plague — a rare but serious lung infection.

Health officials in Arizona have confirmed the death of a resident from the pneumonic plague - but they've not linked the death to a recent prairie die-off in an adjacent town.