El distanciamiento físico es una herramienta importante para disminuir la propagación de COVID-19
Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, el término distanciamiento físico 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 físico y por qué se recomienda? Se cree que COVID-19 se propaga principalmente de persona a [...]
Contact Tracing can Help Public Health to Slow the Spread of Diseases
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 a robust contact tracing plan, [...]
Expanding Testing of COVID-19 in Arizona
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 date. We know that rapidly [...]
Arizona Specific COVID-19 Models and Projections
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 case was reported in Arizona [...]
New COVID-19 Data Dashboard Released
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 zip code with the ability [...]
Arizona WIC Services During COVID-19 Outbreak
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 for all types of appointments. [...]