Arizona is nearing 8,000 cases of the coronavirus after adding over 300 cases overnight.

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, 7,962 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state as of Friday, May 1. There are 330 deaths.

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health reports 4,126 cases (30 less than state count) and 152 deaths in Arizona's most populous county.

Using 2019 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Arizona has 109.4 cases per 100,000 residents. Maricopa County is at 92.7 cases per 100,000. Navajo and Apache counties are over 600 cases per capita.

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

Arizona is under a stay-at-home order after Gov. Doug Ducey extended it through May. Retail businesses are expected to reopen to sell products starting Monday, May 4, with more modifications Friday, May 8.

The governor and other officials are discussing how to go about reopening restaurants for dine-in purposes.

Stories of support in Scottsdale

On a Wednesday in the last week of April 2020, the Scottsdale outreach and nonprofit community — through the support of the United Food Bank — distributed more than 8,700 pounds of food to those in need a part of the Scottsdale Schools family.

For many local families during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, distribution of nutritious meals at the Vista Del Camino Food Bank, 7700 E. Roosevelt St., in south Scottsdale is a lifeline of paramount proportions in uncertain economic times.

But the vision of community service realized today in Scottsdale was founded, in concept, in 1975 by local community advocate Francis Young.

What today is now an intricate outreach services community in Scottsdale was once a figment of imagination — but as the spread of the novel coronavirus continues — the empathetic approach to community service is proving vital.