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LATEST INFORMATION
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Impacted County Services
Get updated information on services impacted. View Updates
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Just released: Maricopa County Public Health Provides Guidance on COVID-19 Testing Options Read On... |
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Physical Distancing Measures Working; Cases Likely Peaked in mid-April
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April 30 Press Conference with Maricopa County Public Health |
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Not All Tests Are The Same
Do you believe you currently have COVID-19? Or are you trying to figure out if you’ve already had it? How you answer determines what kind of test you would get. Here’s the difference:
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Diagnostic tests (usually PCR) help medical providers determine whether a person has evidence of active infection. This testing informs our daily COVID-19 case count. Watch the video >
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Antibody tests, also known as serology tests, look for the presence of antibodies that are made by the body and indicate a recent or past infection; antibody tests are not as helpful for diagnosing active infections. Watch the video >
Hospitalization Epi Curve
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 appear to be declining slowly. The latest epi curve shows this trend. This is real data, not a model, that indicates that the physical distancing we’ve been practicing continues to work. If we can keep our number of hospitalized cases at this level, we won’t overwhelm our healthcare system, and anyone who needs care will be able to get it.
View the full report >
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Amended "Stay Home" Order
Governor Ducey extended the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected” order through May 15 but modified it so that some businesses could open before that. In general, people are asked to continue staying home as much as possible.
Read the amended order >
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Unemployment Claims & Job Help
3.8 million Americans filed for unemployment over the past week, with a total of 30 million having filed over the past six weeks. Maricopa County does not handle unemployment benefits (that happens at the state level), but the county does have a number of resources to connect people to jobs.
Start here >
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Stimulus Check Update
Tens of millions of Americans have received their stimulus checks. If you’re still waiting, here are a few things to keep in mind, according to the Treasury Department:
- Social security recipients should start seeing payments this week
- Veterans Affairs benefit recipients should begin seeing payments by early May
- Anyone can check the status of their stimulus check and sign up for direct deposit by using the IRS “Get My Payment” tool.
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Flood Control District
It has been a week of excessive heat in Maricopa County and we all know it’s only going to get hotter. The Flood Control District of Maricopa County provides daily weather outlooks to keep you ahead of the heat (and, eventually, the monsoon). The District is providing this, and many other services, online.
Learn more >
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