Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, las empresas tienen un papel integral para ayudar a detener la propagación de persona a persona. Mantener el distanciamiento fÃsico en el lugar de trabajo puede ser difÃcil, pero hay cosas que su empresa puede hacer para ayudar. Se cree que COVID-19 se propaga principalmente de persona a persona a [...]
Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, el término distanciamiento fÃsico se ha convertido en una conversación familiar. Es posible que haya escuchado usar este término en las noticias locales, las redes sociales o incluso en su lugar de trabajo, pero ¿qué significa exactamente el distanciamiento fÃsico y por qué se recomienda? Se cree que COVID-19 se [...]
Arizona is actively working on several components to ensure the health of our communities as we gradually begin allowing services to resume in our state. One of public health’s core preparedness responsibilities is the ability to trace contacts of individuals who test positive for COVID-19. By increasing testing capacity to identify new cases and having [...]
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has been closely monitoring COVID-19 spread throughout Arizona. As of today, we have had cases confirmed in all 15 counties for a total of 5,769 cases. Our commercial labs, hospital labs, and Arizona State Public Health Laboratory continue to provide diagnostic testing and have performed 58,750 tests to [...]
Since December 2019, when we first heard about cases of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, the Arizona public health system has been closely monitoring COVID-19 on an international, national, and local level. Mitigating the spread of COVID-19, as well as responding to the impacts of the virus, remains our highest priority. Since our first [...]
Today, we released significant enhancements to our COVID-19 dashboard. The new dashboard includes a number of improvements: Larger graphics, with the ability to drill down through filtering some of the data at a more granular level.   Information about hospitalizations and deaths, as well as information about hospitalized cases in Arizona. Case counts broken down by [...]
The Arizona WIC Program is continuing to support our communities during the COVID-19 outbreak. WIC staff are dedicated to helping make sure that mothers and young children have access to healthy foods, breastfeeding support, and are getting accurate information and appropriate recommendations during this public health situation. The Arizona WIC Program is open and available [...]
Today we added data to our COVID-19 dashboard that includes additional information about cases and deaths, as well as information about the health of our healthcare system in Arizona. The dashboard now has case counts broken down by zip code and more detailed demographic information about cases and deaths in our state. Data about the [...]
While it is possible for anyone to experience severe illness from the coronavirus (COVID-19), it is critical to point out that the groups at highest risk include individuals who are 65 years and older, and individuals who use tobacco or have underlying health conditions such as a disease of the heart, diabetes, asthma, cancer, or [...]
In support of our statewide COVID-19 response, our state and local public health preparedness programs are busy receiving and distributing life-saving medical supplies from the federal Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). So far, ADHS has distributed more than 181,681 N95 masks, 532,500 surgical masks, 85,248 face shields, 70,570 surgical gowns, 1,756 coveralls, and more than 340,000 [...]
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