COVID-19 tests are in high demand right now.  You should get tested if you have COVID symptoms or 5-7 days after exposure to someone who is or may be positive for COVID-19.  Visit Maricopa.gov/COVID19testing for a list of community events and providers offering low or no cost testing, as well as a list of other providers offering COVID-19 testing.  In addition, you may want to bookmark this page to check availability of free, rapid self-testing kits we’re providing at all county libraries.  They tend to run out fast, but we are doing our best to keep supplies in stock amid a nationwide shortage. 

Following the holidays, we have seen a significant increase in COVID-19 case spread across Maricopa County which is putting an even larger burden on an already strained health care system.  The case rate per 100,000 and the percent positivity rate have nearly doubled in one week.

• Case rates per 100,000: For the most recent week of full data, Maricopa County had 792 cases per 100,000.  This is considered high transmission.  For context, the previous week’s rate was 358 per 100,000 and anything at or above 100 cases per 100,000 is considered high transmission.
• Percent positivity: For the most recent week of full data, Maricopa County, as a whole, has seen 24% of COVID-19 tests come back positive.  This is considered high transmission.  For context, the previous week’s rate was 14% and anything at or above 10% positive is considered high transmission.

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The Maricopa County Elections Department produced a comprehensive, point-by-point response to an Arizona Senate inquiry into the 2020 General Election.  74 of the 75 claims made by Senate contractors were debunked.  Our analysis found fewer than 100 potentially questionable ballots with no systemic issues identified and no impact on the outcome of any races.

Download the “Correcting the Record” report at JustTheFacts.Vote >

Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates and Recorder Stephen Richer issued the following statement following the release of the Elections Department report:

"Today we heard overwhelming proof, again, that the canvassed results of the November 2020 election were accurate, the winners won, and the will of Maricopa County voters was represented.

Senate contractors—unfamiliar with election laws and procedures but well-read in conspiracies—recklessly called into question the validity of thousands of legitimate votes cast by eligible voters.  They did so in an Arizona Senate hearing room absent most of the Senate, having spent an unfathomable $9 million to tell us that the winners of the election did, in fact, win but the real story was all the other stuff they found. The comprehensive report we released today definitively shows the other stuff was all smoke and mirrors, red meat for a rabid crowd of election deniers with no basis in fact because the Cyber Ninjas and their subcontractors had no business auditing elections.  

 The stakes couldn't be higher.  The events of last January 6th were inspired and motivated by the persistent lie that a free and fair election had been rigged.  We will not allow those lies to go unchecked.  Maricopa County will continue to speak out forcefully with facts to defend democracy.  We hope others will do the same."

Newly-elected Board of Supervisors’ Chairman Bill Gates wants Maricopa County to “set the bar for how governments serve” by being “transparent and timely in what we deliver” and fighting “distrust and disinformation.” At the annual “Passing of the Gavel” ceremony, Gates outlined his vision for how the nation’s fastest-growing county will defend democracy, grow the economy, and combat the continuing pandemic.  Gates was elected unanimously last week during the first formal board meeting of 2022.

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