Note: We have stopped updating this daily due to the exponentially rising number of cases. Below is information on the first 152 cases. For more up-to-date information, see phoenixnewtimes.com for daily updates on the situation in Arizona.
On Sunday morning, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced a second person had died from COVID-19. The man was a Maricopa County resident in his 70s who had an underlying health condition, officials said.
ADHS also identified 48 additional COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the state total per ADHS to 152. That number does not include some additional cases in Arizona announced by the Navajo Nation late last night, but it's unclear how many of the Navajo's cases are not included in today's ADHS count (a press release from the Nation stated there are four cases in Chinle Service Unit, which is in Apache County, but the ADHS website reports only three cases).
As the number of positive cases identified continues to go up by the dozens daily, and millions of Arizonans suffer the fallout of the highly contagious disease, Phoenix New Times is attempting to keep track of the cases identified within the state. The latest numbers for today, March 22, are in bold.
In Maricopa County, 32 additional people have tested positive for COVID-19 since Saturday, bringing the countywide total to 81. Maricopa County has community spread of the virus (meaning the source of the infection is unknown). The county has the state's highest concentration of cases and has been the only place so far where deaths have been reported.
Though Maricopa County no longer provides detailed case information, a chart from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health indicates 17 people who have contracted COVID-19 in the county have been hospitalized and four are in the Intensive Care Unit. Eight of those who are hospitalized just checked into a hospital in the past 24 hours.
Forty-seven people who tested positive for COVID-19 are over the age of 41, while 34 are between the ages of 18 and 40.
Chart of cases in Maricopa County
Maricopa County
At least one of the recent Maricopa County cases involves a veteran who tested positive at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix. Another involves a city of Peoria employee, ABC15 reported.
Arizona State University’s student-run State Press news outlet reported on Saturday that one of the recent Maricopa County cases involves a resident of the Cottages of Tempe, a popular housing location for ASU students. According to the State Press, that person is self-quarantining and has not been to common areas since March 17.
A 56-year-old woman from Gilbert said on Facebook yesterday that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating at home. She said she is experiencing severe symptoms including pneumonia, a deep cough, body aches and pains, and a low-grade fever. She is otherwise healthy and believes she may have contracted the virus while on a trip to New York earlier this month.
Additionally, a 69-year-old man from Chandler told New Times on Saturday that he had been tested positive for the virus. He went to the emergency room at Chandler Regional on March 13 after returning from a trip to Thailand with a fever and a hacking cough. It took about a week to get his results. On Friday, the man found out he had tested positive for COVID-19. He has been self-isolating ever since getting tested and is experiencing a fever, cough, and aches and pains.
The Navajo Nation has 26 cases total as of Sunday morning. A press release from the Nation states that 18 cases are from the Kayenta Service Unit (in Navajo County, Arizona). Four are from the Chinle Service Unit (Apache County) and three are from the Tuba City Service Unit (Coconino County), both of which are in Arizona. One is from the Crownpoint Service Unit, which is in New Mexico. That would mean 25 of the Navajo Nation's cases are in Arizona.
Many of the cases originate from the community of Chilchinbeto, prompting the Navajo Health Command Operations Center to issue a Public Health Emergency Order requiring the closure of the community for quarantine and isolation (a shelter-in-place order) to limit the spread of the virus.
On Friday night, the Navajo Nation expanded the stay at home order to apply to all residents of the Nation. The order requires residents to remain at home and isolated and requires all non-essential businesses to close to prevent further spread of the virus.
Besides the increase in Maricopa and Navajo, since Saturday:
• Pima added five new cases (17 total). The county provided no additional details.
• Pinal added two new cases (16 total). The two cases involve a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s. Both are isolated at home and recovering and both are close contacts of another Pinal County case. According to Pinal County health officials, of the county's 16 total cases, 15 are home recovering in isolation or fully recovered, meaning only one person is hospitalized.
• Coconino identified three new cases (14 total). Coconino County has tested hundreds of people and has two drive-thru testing sites. At least nine of the 14 total Coconino cases originate from the Flagstaff area.
• Yavapai identified two new cases (3 total). The county did not provide any additional details, but local news publications have reported that the two new cases are from Prescott and Sedona. The Prescott case involves a “senior citizen.” The Daily Courier reported that the county’s first case, which was from Sedona, involves a 72-year-old man.
• Graham identified one new case (2 total). Graham County Health Director Brian Douglas did not immediately respond when asked for further information on that case. But the Eastern Arizona Courier reported that the second Graham County resident to test positive for COVID-19 is related to the county’s first case involving a Pima Elementary School teacher who unknowingly exposed 166 fifth and sixth graders to the virus after she contracted it from a friend visiting from Virginia.
To date, the state public health lab (ASPHL) has tested 408 people (only 14 additional people since Saturday).
So far, 282 cases have been ruled out. There are 87 cases are pending, and 37 of the samples tested by ASPHL have come back positive. An additional 115 samples tested by private labs have also come back positive, but officials have yet to provide data on the number of tests carried out by commercial labs.
With a population of more than seven million, the testing currently being done in Arizona still does not nearly meet the level of aggressive testing that experts say is required to flatten the curve and stop the spread of the virus.
"There are not enough tests for everyone who wants to be tested at this time," said Dr. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, at a press conference on Thursday morning, stating that there is a national shortage of tests for COVID-19.
On March 11, there were 1,200 cases of the coronavirus across 41 states in the country.
As of Friday morning, there are nearly 30,000 known cases across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and three U.S. territories. At least 377 Americans have died since becoming infected.
The majority of the cases are in New York state (15,168 confirmed cases, up 4,812 since yesterday, and 114 deaths).
(March 22 Correction: This story initially stated there are 164 COVID-19 cases in Arizona. This over-counted some of the Navajo Nation cases that had already been included in the Arizona Department of Health Services' count. Some of the Navajo Nation's total cases in Arizona still do not appear to be reflected in today's numbers from ADHS, but for clarity's sake, this article now reports the case total that ADHS has reported.
As case counts continue to rise in Arizona, here is everything we know about the state's 152 COVID-19 cases:
Case # 1
County: Maricopa
Date announced: January 26
Details: Male in his 20s and a member of the Tempe-area Arizona State University community
Status: Fully recovered and released from isolation on February 21 after testing negative for COVID-19
Source of infection: Travel to Wuhan
Source of information: Arizona Department of Health Services; Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case # 2
County: Maricopa
Details: Male in his 20s who contracted the virus after coming into contact with a presumptive positive case out of state. On March 7, the Arizona Republic reported that a Phoenix-area man in his 20s had posted a video on YouTube stating that had been diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 3 after traveling to Paris. The Republic did not name the man to protect his privacy and the video since has been removed from YouTube. When The Republic contacted the man via Instagram, he declined to comment, then made his Instagram private. According to his LinkedIn page, the man worked for Riot House, a nightclub in Scottsdale. On March 5, Riot House announced on Facebook that an employee "who has a communicable disease" briefly had been inside the establishment around midnight on March 1 and had also been inside El Hefe, another establishment owned by Riot Hospitality Group, around the same time. Riot House said they brought in a professional "medical-grade" cleaning company to deep-clean the two establishments per the guidance of the county's Department of Public Health.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Direct contact with another positive case out of state
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health; The Arizona Republic; Riot House
Case # 3
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 6
Details: Female health care worker in her 40s and the first case of community spread in Arizona, meaning the source of the infection is unknown
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Community spread
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department; direct statements from PCPHD spokesperson James Daniels to Phoenix New Times.
Case # 4
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 7
Details: Husband of the health care worker; in his 50s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Direct contact with another positive case (the health care worker, Case # 3)
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department; direct statements from PCPHD spokesperson James Daniels to New Times.
Case # 5
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 7
Details: Son of health care worker. Student at American Leadership Academy in Queen Creek.
Status: Fully recovered at home
Source of infection: Direct contact with another positive case (the health care worker, Case # 3)
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department; second press release from PCPHD; direct statements from PCPHD spokesperson James Daniels to New Times.
Case #6
County: Pima
Date announced: March 9
Details: A male in his 80s who is a resident of unincorporated Pima County
Status: Fully recovered at home
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pima County Health Department; second press release from PCHD
Case #7
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 11
Details: From the same household as infected health care worker; in their 60s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Direct contact with another positive case (the health care worker, Case # 3)
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department
Case #8
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 11
Details: From the same household as infected health care worker; in their 60s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Direct contact with another positive case (the health care worker, Case # 3)
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department
Case X
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 11
Details: A 90-year-old man who appears to have been infected while at a facility for the elderly. Sonia Singh, spokesperson for Maricopa County Public Health, told ABC15 News (KNXV-TV) that the county is "working with the facility on approved cleaning recommendations," but would not say what facility the patient was in, or where the facility was. At a press conference on March 11, DHS director Dr. Cara Christ said Maricopa County will "be working directly with that health care provider to ensure there is appropriate cleaning put in place, appropriate protocol and ongoing monitoring." Asked by New Times to provide more details about what steps are being taken to contain the spread of the virus at the facility, Singh said only, "You can see the CDC guidance on cleaning at the CDC COVID-19 site." She would not say whether the man lived in a nursing home or on his own. Singh also would not say whether all of the man's close contacts had been tested. Singh said only that they had been "contacted and advised to monitor for symptoms and contact Public Health if symptoms appear," but did not respond when asked directly if all of his close contacts at the facility had been tested.
Status: Hospitalized but stable
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health; DHS Director Cara Christ; Statements made by MCDPH spokesperson Sonia Singh to ABC15 and New Times.
Update: The Maricopa County Department of Public Health and the Arizona Department of Health Services no longer consider this a COVID-19 case. When the man was tested for COVID-19 by the state's public health lab, his test came back positive. The case was considered a presumptive positive, meaning that while the state's public health lab test came back positive, it was still pending confirmatory testing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC test came back negative, according to MCDPH spokesperson Sonia Singh.
Case #9
County: Pima
Date announced: March 13
Details: A male in his 50s. Health officials said there was no clear link between this person and the first Pima County COVID-19 case (Case # 6)
Status: Hospitalized and recovering
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pima County Health Department, second press release from PCHD
Case # 10
County: Graham
Date announced: March 13
Details: Female staff member at Pima Elementary School; in her 30s. Superintendent estimates she came into contact with 166 students in the school's fifth- and sixth-grade classes.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Staff member had a close contact with a person from Virginia who visiting the Phoenix area. The close contact from Virginia had a close contact that was positive with COVID-19. At the time of contact, the person from Virginia had only mild symptoms and was not aware they were positive.
Source of information: Pima Unified School District; Graham County Health Department; direct statements from Pima Unified School District superintendent Sean Rickert to KJZZ; direct statements from Graham County Health Department Director Brian Douglas to New Times.
Case #11
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 14
Details: A female in her 30s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Travel or community spread, awaiting clarification from Maricopa County
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case #12
County: Pima
Date announced: March 15
Details: A male in his 70s
Status: Hospitalized and recovering
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pima County Health Department; second press release from PCHD
Case #13
County: Pima
Date announced: March 16
Details: A male in his 60s
Status: Hospitalized and recovering
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pima County Health Department; second press release from PCHD
Case #14
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 16
Details: No additional details were provided by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, but a 27-year-old Phoenix resident has come forward to say that he tested positive on this date. Andrei Marghitas has documented his experience contracting the virus, struggling to get tested, and self-isolating on social media. Marghitas said he struggled to get tested even after coming into direct contact with someone who had already tested positive for the virus. Marghitas said that while at a birthday party on February 29, he shook hands and hugged a man who later posted a video on social media stating that he was the second confirmed coronavirus case in Arizona.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not officially provided by the county, but per Marghitas' account, he contracted the virus through direct contact with another person who was positive for COVID-19 (Case # 2).
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health; email between Marghitas and MCDPH
Andrei Marghitas in a video posted to YouTube.
Andrei Marghitas
Case #15
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 16
Details: A female in her 70s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Travel or community spread, awaiting clarification from Maricopa County
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case #16
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 16
Details: A male in his 80s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Travel or community spread, awaiting clarification from Maricopa County
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case #17
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 16
Details: A male in his 80s
Status: Hospitalized
Source of infection: Travel or community spread, awaiting clarification from Maricopa County
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case #18
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 17
Details: A male in his 50s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case #19
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 17
Details: A female in her 60s
Status: Hospitalized
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case #20
County: Navajo
Date announced: March 17
Details: A 46-year-old member of the Navajo Nation with "recent travel history" became the first case involving a member of the Navajo Nation. The woman is from the community of Chilchinbeto and first reported their symptoms to the Kayenta Health Center in Kayenta. She was then taken to a hospital in Phoenix.
Status: No additional details provided
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Navajo County; the Navajo Nation; second press release from the Navajo Nation
Case #21
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 18
Details: A female in her 40s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case #22
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 18
Details: A male in his 70s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Case #23
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 18
Details: A female in her 30s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department
Case #24
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 18
Details: A female in her 30s (no connection to Case #23, according to the Pinal County Public Health Department)
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department
Case #25
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 18
Details: A female in her 80s
Status: Hospitalized and recovering
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department
Case #26
County: Pima
Date announced: March 18
Details: A female in her 60s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pima County Health Department
Case #27
County: Navajo
Date announced: March 18
Details: A 40-year-old male also from the community of Chilchinbeto who tested positive within the Kayenta IHS Service Area. He also had recent travel history. He reported his symptoms to the Kayenta Health Center and was taken to a hospital off the Nation for testing. Health and emergency officials are taking the proper precautions to screen and isolate the person’s family members. Officials are in the process of determining the extent of the relation of the two cases.
Status: No additional details provided
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: The Navajo Nation; second press release from the Navajo Nation
Case #28
County: Coconino
Date announced: March 19
Details: On Wednesday evening, Coconino County Health and Human Services confirmed the county's first preemptive positive case of COVID-19. The test was conducted by a private lab, TGen North Clinical Laboratory, not the Arizona State Public Health Lab. The infected person is from the greater Flagstaff area, is over 60-years-old, and is home recovering in isolation, according to a press release issued by the county. CCHHS is investigating the source of this person's infection and will be contacting the person's close contacts.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Coconino County
Case #29
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 19
Details: A message provided by the 56th Fighter Wing Commander at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Brigadier General Todd Canterbury, on Facebook states that two individuals tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. Both individuals and their families have been isolated at home since first showing symptoms. Not further details on the age or sex of the infected individuals were provided.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Luke Air Force Base
Case #30
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 19
Details: A message provided by the 56th Fighter Wing Commander at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Brigadier General Todd Canterbury, on Facebook states that two individuals tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. Both individuals and their families have been isolated at home since first showing symptoms. Not further details on the age or sex of the infected individuals were provided.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Luke Air Force Base
Case #31
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 19
Details: A Cincinnati Reds employee who worked at the Reds Spring Training Complex in Goodyear tested positive for COVID-19, the Reds announced on Wednesday evening. The employee was in the facility from February 29 to March 14 and any Reds staff who came in close contact with the employee are being tested and self-quarantined, according to the Reds' statement shared on Twitter.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Cincinnati Reds
Case #32—#39
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 19
Details: Cases 32 through 39 are all from Maricopa County. However, the county has stopped providing detailed information on individual cases. If further information on these cases can be tracked down through outside sources, as was the case with the three new Maricopa County cases outlined above, it will be added to each individual case.
Case #40
County: Navajo
Date announced: March 19
Details: 62-year-old male from the same region as the first two confirmed cases (Chilchinbeto) within the Kayenta IHS Service Area. He reported his symptoms to the Kayenta Health Center and was transported to a hospital in Phoenix where he remained as of March 18.
Status: Hospitalized
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: The Navajo Nation
Case #41
County: Pima
Date announced: March 19
Details: A female in her 50s
Status: Hospitalized
Source of infection: Awaiting information
Source of information: Pima County Health Department
Case #42
County: Pima
Date announced: March 19
Details: A male in his 50s
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Awaiting information
Source of information: Pima County Health Department
Case #43
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 19
Details: A male in his 30s who contracted the virus by sharing a household with another infected person (Case #23)
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Direct contact with another infected person (Case #23)
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department
Case #44
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 19
Details: A male in his 30s who contracted the virus by sharing a household with another infected person (Case #24)
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Direct contact with another infected person (Case #24)
Source of information: Pinal County Public Health Department
Case #45
County: Yavapai (Sedona)
Date announced: March 20
Details: Infected person is from Sedona. The patient has no symptoms, has not been hospitalized, and is isolating at home. They were tested due to an exposure to a suspected case of COVID-19, YCCHS said.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Direct contact with another infected person
Source of information: Yavapai County Community Health Services
Case #46
County: Santa Cruz
Date announced: March 20
Details: The test result was confirmed by a private lab. No additional details on the infected person have been provided as of Friday morning.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Travel to an area with community spread of the virus
Source of information: Santa Cruz County
Case #47
County: Yuma
Date announced: March 20
Details: The individual is a local marine from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, according to Yuma City Mayor Doug Nicholls and Colonel David Suggs from MCAS Yuma. Officials said the infected person had a recent travel history and presented with symptoms on March 13. At that point his movement was restricted and he was told to self-quarantine while waiting for his test results. The test came back positive yesterday. Officials said they had identified and tested 10 other people who showed signs but only the one marine came back positive.
Status: Not yet provided
Source of infection: Travel
Source of information: Yuma County Government
Case #48
County: Pima
Date announced: March 20
Details: A female in her 60's
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pima County
Case #49
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 20
Details: Tolleson city officials said they were notified on Thursday that a city employee tested positive. In a statement released on Twitter, city officials said the employee "has not been at any City facility for the last 28 days, does not reside in Tolleson, and has not physically been in the city since February 20th."
Status: Not yet provided
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: City of Tolleson
Case #50
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 20
Details: A presumptive positive case confirmed at PayPal's Chandler office. "To protect employee health and well-being, we’ve sent staff home and closed the office location. During this closure, the potentially affected office premises will be sanitized and disinfected in accordance with health guidelines," PayPal said in a statement shared with New Times. "PayPal will also conduct contact tracing to minimize potential impact. We will continue to follow the guidance provided by local health departments and regulators in prioritizing the health and safety of our employees and the community."
Status: Not yet provided
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: PayPal
Cases #51-60
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 20
Details: Cases 51 through 60 are all from Maricopa County. However, the county has stopped providing detailed information on individual cases. Though Maricopa County no longer provides detailed case information, a chart from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health indicates seventeen people who have contracted COVID-19 in the county have been hospitalized and four are in the Intensive Care Unit. Eight of those who are hospitalized have just been hospitalized in the past 24 hours. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible. If further information on these cases can be tracked down through outside sources, as was the case with the two new Maricopa County cases outlined above, it will be added to each individual case.
Cases #61-67
County: Coconino
Date announced: March 20
Details: Cases 61 through 67 are all from Coconino County. However, the county has yet to provide detailed information on individual cases. As of Saturday, Coconino County has tested hundreds people and has two drive-thru testing sites. At least nine of the 14 total Coconino cases originate from the Flagstaff area. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible.
Cases #68-74
County: Navajo
Date announced: March 20
Details: Cases 68 through 74 are all from the Navajo Nation. Many of the cases originate from the community of Chilchinbeto, prompting the Navajo Health Command Operations Center to issue a Public Health Emergency Order requiring the closure of the community for quarantine and isolation (a shelter-in-place order) to limit the spread of the virus. The majority of the Nation's cases involve individuals who initially reported their symptoms to the Kayenta IHS Service Unit, and others who either reported to, were transported to, or were treated at Chinle Health Care Facility, and Northern Navajo Medical Center. Detailed information on individual cases has not been provided. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible.
Case #75
County: Cochise
Date announced: March 21
Details: An adult woman who contracted the virus after domestic travel and is home recovering in isolation. The woman's spouse works on Fort Huachuca, a U.S. Army base that houses the Army Intelligence Center, though the couple does not live on the base, according to Fort Huachuca officials.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Domestic travel
Source of information: Cochise County; Fort Huachuca
Case #76
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 21
Details: A female in her 40s; not related to any other positive case in the county
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pinal County
Case #77
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 21
Details: A female in her 60s; not related to any other positive case in the county
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pinal County
Case #78
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 21
Details: A male in his 60s; not related to any other positive case in the county
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pinal County
Case #79
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 21
Details: A male in his 70s; not related to any other positive case in the county
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: Pinal County
Cases #80-82
County: Apache
Date announced: March 21
Details: Cases 80 through 82 are all from Apache County. However, the county has yet to provide any information about these cases. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible. It appears these cases originate from Chinle Service Unit, a part of Apache County that is in the Navajo Nation.
Cases #83-85
County: Coconino
Date announced: March 21
Details: Cases 83 through 85 are all from Coconino County. However, the county has yet to provide detailed information on individual cases. Coconino County has tested hundreds people and has two drive-thru testing sites. At least nine of the 14 total Coconino cases originate from the Flagstaff area. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible. For now, this is the only information we have on the three new Coconino County cases announced on Saturday.
Cases #86-89
County: Pima
Date announced: March 21
Details: Cases 86 through 89 are all from Pima County. However, the county has stopped providing detailed information on individual cases. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible. For now, this is the only information we have on the 4 new Pima County cases announced on Saturday.
Cases #90-104
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 21
Details: Cases 90 through 104 are all from Maricopa County. However, the county has stopped providing detailed information on individual cases. Though Maricopa County no longer provides detailed case information, a chart from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health indicates seventeen people who have contracted COVID-19 in the county have been hospitalized and four are in the Intensive Care Unit. Eight of those who are hospitalized had checked into the hospital in the past 24 hours (as of March 21). If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible.
Case #105
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 22
Details: A woman in her 50s; a close contact of another positive case in Pinal County
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Close contact with another positive case
Source of information: Pinal County
Case #106
County: Pinal
Date announced: March 22
Details: A man in his 60s; a close contact of another positive case in Pinal County
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Close contact with another positive case
Source of information: Pinal County
Case #107
County: Graham
Date announced: March 22
Details: the Eastern Arizona Courier reported that the second Graham County resident to test positive for COVID-19 is related to the county’s first case involving a Pima Elementary School teacher who unknowingly exposed 166 fifth and sixth graders to the virus after she contracted it from a friend visiting from Virginia.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Contact with another positive case (Case #10)
Source of information: Eastern Arizona Courier
Cases #108-109
County: Yavapai
Date announced: March 22
Details: The county did not provide any additional details, but local news publications have reported that the two new cases are from Prescott and Sedona. The Prescott case involves a “senior citizen.” The Daily Courier reported that the county’s first case, which was from Sedona, involved a 72-year-old man.
Status: Not yet provided
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: The Daily Courier
Case #110
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 22
Details: A veteran who tested positive at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix
Status: Not yet provided
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: ABC15
Case #111
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 22
Details: An employee for the city of Peoria
Status: Not yet provided
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: ABC15
Case #112
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 22
Details: Arizona State University’s student-run State Press online newspaper reported on Saturday that one of the recent Maricopa County cases involves a resident of the Cottages of Tempe, a popular housing location for ASU students. According to the State Press, that person is self-quarantining and has not been to common areas since March 17.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Not yet provided
Source of information: ASU State Press
Case #113
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 22
Details: A 56-year-old woman from Gilbert said on Facebook on March 21 that she had tested positive for COVID-19. She is self-isolating at home. She said she is experiencing severe symptoms including pneumonia, a deep cough, body aches and pains, and a low-grade fever. She is otherwise healthy and believes she may have contracted the virus while on a trip to New York earlier this month.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Travel to affected area
Source of information: The infected person herself
Case #114
County: Maricopa (Chandler)
Date announced: March 22
Details: A 69-year-old man from Chandler told New Times on March 21 that he had been tested positive for the virus. He went to the emergency room at Chandler Regional on March 13 after returning from a trip to Thailand with a fever and a hacking cough. It took about a week to get his results: on Friday, the man found out he had tested positive for COVID-19. He has been self-isolating ever since getting tested and is experiencing a fever, cough, and aches and pains.
Status: Home recovering in isolation
Source of infection: Travel to affected area
Source of information: The infected person himself
Cases #115-141
County: Maricopa
Date announced: March 22
Details: Cases 115 through 141 are all from Maricopa County. However, the county has stopped providing detailed information on individual cases. Though Maricopa County no longer provides detailed case information, a chart from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health indicates that 17 people who have contracted COVID-19 in the county have been hospitalized and four are in the Intensive Care Unit. Eight of those who are hospitalized have just been hospitalized in the past 24 hours. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible.
Cases #142-144
County: Navajo
Date announced: March 22
Details: Cases 142 through 144 are all from the portion of the Navajo Nation in Navajo County. Many of the cases originate from the community of Chilchinbeto. Detailed information on individual cases has not been provided. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible.
Cases #145-149
County: Pima
Date announced: March 22
Details: Cases 145 through 149 are all from Pima County. However, the county has yet to provide any information about these cases. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible.
Cases #150-152
County: Coconino
Date announced: March 22
Details: Cases 150 through 152 are all from Coconino County. However, the county has yet to provide detailed information on individual cases. Coconino County has tested hundreds of people and has two drive-thru testing sites. At least nine of the 14 total Coconino cases originate from the Flagstaff area. If further information on these cases can be tracked down, it will be added as soon as possible.
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