9, 2020, the first patient in Pima County tested positive for COVID-19.
Earlier in the day, a group of elected officials, including Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and the late Pima County Supervisor Richard Elías, held a press conference to warn that COVID-19 was on its way. They predicted it would be like a bad flu season and encouraged people to wash their hands more often.
But within weeks, it was clear this was going to be much worse than a bad flu season.
By mid-March, dozens of spring events had been canceled, from the Tucson Festival of Books to concerts at the Rialto Theatre. Restaurants and bars shut down or switched to takeout service. Pasta, meat and especially toilet paper began flying off grocery shelves. As we all learned about Zoom, Gov. Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman announced that the public school system would go to remote learning at the end of spring break; university and college leaders did the same.
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Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Tuesday, March 9: Today marks one year since Pima County s first COVID case; Cases dropping, but health officials urge caution; State, local officials ease restrictions
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With 783 new cases reported today, the total number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 827,000 as of Monday, March 8, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County, which reported 103 new cases today, has seen 110,590 of the stateâs 827,237 confirmed cases.
A total of 16,328 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 2,261 deaths in Pima County, according to the March 8 report.
The number of hospitalized COVID cases statewide dipped below 1,000 this weekend for the first time since November. A total of 919 coronavirus patients were in the hospital as of March 7. Thatâs roughly 18% of the number hospitalized at the peak of the winter surge, which reached 5,082 on Jan. 11. The summer peak was 3,517, which was set on July 13, 2020. The subsequent lowest number of hospitalized COVID patients was 468, set on Sept. 27, 2020.
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