It also says that between Oct. 10-16 there was an average of 73 patients with confirmed covid-19, and 192 patients suspected of Covid-19 as newly admitted each day to AZ hospitals.
It also says this may be 'an underestimate of the actual total number of COVID-related hospitalizations. Underreporting may lead to a lower allocation of critical supplies.'
It says we see increasing test positivity and increasing cases..."aggressive communication and mitigation is critical".
Aggressive communication is key, but our governor hasn't given any COVID-19 press conferences on just this topic for quite some time (late Sept. I think?)
"We continue to see community spread initiated by social friends and family gatherings."
UPDATE: gov. office just provided me a copy two minutes ago.
I started asking yesterday but told it wasn't released, tried again twice today.
Thanks for sharing with the public.
Here is where we are seeing areas go into the red by certain categories.
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UNACCOUNTED DEATHS: in Arizona’s largest county @Garrett_Archer finding there are 600 unaccounted deaths in July.
New preliminary state data in Maricopa County:
⚫️ July 2019: 2,656
🔴 July 2020: 4,540
I asked about the unaccounted deaths: ⬇️
For those asking about COVID-19 deaths and how they are counted.
Maricopa Co. health says that counting deaths around a certain timeframe is a standard practice in public health. "We follow state and federal standards to ensure that all state and local health departments are..