Phoenix: ‘This thing is god-awful’: Arizona COVID-19 outbreak tied to country-western dance turns deadly
Stephanie Innes and Alison Steinbach, Arizona Republic Troy Warren for CNT The number of positive COVID-19 cases linked to a June 11 dance in Arizona's Show Low area has grown to 24 and 2 people have died. LINDEN — Stephanie and Ray Thalman hadn't been out to a single one of their beloved country dances in this rural Arizona hamlet for nearly two years when they stepped into the White Mountain Square Dance Hall on the evening of June 11. About 70 people attended the three-hour event that night, moving to the music of a two-person live local band called Midnight Moon. The Thalmans,…