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Arizona tops 27,000 cases of coronavirus as weeklong curfew ends

Posted 6/7/20

The Arizona Department of Health Services is reporting 27,678 cases and 1,047 deaths in the state, up 789 and three from Sunday, respectively.

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health …

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Arizona tops 27,000 cases of coronavirus as weeklong curfew ends

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The Arizona Department of Health Services is reporting 27,678 cases and 1,047 deaths in the state, up 789 and three from Sunday, respectively.

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health reports 13,883 cases and 470 deaths in Arizona’s most populous county.

The numbers of cases per 100,000 residents in the state is 380 as of Monday, using 2019 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Maricopa County is below that at 312. Navajo and Apache counties have rates of 2,009 and 2,409 per 100,000 residents, respectively, the only ones above 2,000 in Arizona — Santa Cruz is next at 1,323.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. But for some — especially older adults and people with existing health problems — it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.

But for some — especially older adults and people with existing health problems — it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.

On Thursday, Gov. Doug Ducey insisted he had not made a mistake in dissolving his stay-at-home order and allowing more businesses to reopen even as Arizona approaches 1,000 people dying from COVID-19.

The governor acknowledged that the number of cases of people contracting the virus has increased in the weeks following his decisions. But he said that was to be expected, what with more people getting tested.

But even Cara Christ, his state health director, conceded she could not say how much of the increase is due to testing and how much is due to “community spread,” essentially people infecting each other as they interact more.

And even Mr. Ducey conceded the point.

“The virus is not going away,” he said.

Nursing homes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began posting the first set of underlying coronavirus disease nursing home data on June 4.

On April 19, CMS announced the requirement that nursing homes to inform residents, their families and their representatives of COVID-19 cases in their facilities, according to an agency release. In addition, nursing homes are required to report COVID-19 cases and deaths directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Data released June 4 shows that as of May 31, about 13,600 nursing homes — approximately 88 percent of the 15,400 Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes — had reported the required data to the CDC, the release stated. They reported more than 95,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and almost 32,000 deaths.

The next set of data will be updated in two weeks, then CMS plans to update it weekly.