Maricopa County Public Health Director: Arizonans Can Prevent A Second Stay-At-Home Order
Download mp3 (9 MB)As new cases of COVID-19 are greatly declining in former hot-spot states like New York and Michigan, the number of cases and hospitalizations shot up in Arizona at an alarming rate.
On Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Health Services has reported 1,556 new cases to the statewide tally, bringing the total to more than 29,852. Twenty-five more deaths have been reported since Tuesday, totaling 1,095 deaths in the state overall.
Those increases come two weeks after Gov. Doug Ducey ended a stay-at-home order. Ducey says a higher number of cases was expected. More COVID-19 testing accounts for some of the increase, but not all. More than 416,944 tests have now been administered in Arizona.
Maricopa County has the largest population in the state and the highest number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Marcy Flanagan, director of the Maricopa County Public Health Department, joined The Show to provide more insight.
