Health

Five new cases have cropped up since yesterday. The case count in Maricopa County has doubled since Saturday.

Could Arizona handle a widespread coronavirus outbreak, such as those seen in Italy and China? It doesn’t appear so.

By the time of the announcement, several districts had already canceled or postponed classes.

Sheriff Paul Penzone said they will reassess the decision daily.

A third COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Pima County, bringing the statewide total to 13.

The virus has now spread to four Arizona counties. A Graham County elementary school employee has tested positive for COVID-19.

The latest is in Pima County.

“We’re rationing the tests for the really sick people,” one doctor said.

Basic questions, unanswered.

A spokesperson for ICE said a letter had been sent to Congress informing them of the change.

The closures include popular sites in Arizona.

At least seven school districts in the Valley have closed schools indefinitely.

Other major utilities offered flexibility to customers affected by the pandemic.

The Democratic debate in Phoenix this Sunday won’t have a live audience or press room amid COVID-19 concerns, the network announced in an email Tuesday.

The change will go into effect Monday, March 23, when students return from their spring break.

The county will “be working directly with that health care provider to ensure there is appropriate cleaning put in place.”

One of the new cases is in Maricopa County, while the other two are in Pinal County.

These precautions don’t cover a nearby encampment of hundreds of people.

Officials have not forgotten what happened during the swine flu outbreak of 2009.

“Been thinking about life and mortality today. I’d rather die gloriously in battle than from a virus. In a way it doesn’t matter. But it kinda does.”

A sixth person has tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus in Arizona. The latest presumptive positive case is in Pima County.

A third person has been diagnosed with the 2019 novel coronavirus. The latest case involves a woman in her 40s. She is currently hospitalized.