The county currently lists 31 positive cases of COVID-19. COVID-19

Dennis Barry warned against reading too much leisure after Kingman-Mohave County’s positive case for COVID-19 was “rested”.

“Our patient numbers are down slightly,” Burley said during a 20-minute meeting of the Mojave County Supervisory Board on Friday. “It rose in the first half of the week, but it’s a good sign because there has recently been a holiday and there were basically no positive cases.

“I can’t say this is a sign of the future, but if there are no positive cases, I want to say that it’s always good.”

No cases were reported on Thursday, but one on Bullhead City was added to the list on Friday, and another on Lake Havasu City was reported earlier on Saturday.

The county reported 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including two deaths caused by the virus. Four occurred in Bullhead City, 11 in Kingman, and 16 in Lake Havasu City. Both deaths occurred in Lake Havasu City.

Burley, director of the county’s Public Health Service, has updated supervisors on the local situation in the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has displeased more than 1.7 million people and killed more than 108,000 people. Provided.

The United States has reported over 526,000 confirmed cases in 76 days, with 20,557 deaths and 30,298 recovery, since the disease was first reported in the country by a novel coronavirus. In Arizona, where recovery is not tracked, 3,393 cases and 108 deaths have been reported.

According to Burley, the county health department is considering establishing a site in Kingman to serve as a COVID-19 patient isolation center.

“We’re advancing the quarantine at the fairground,” she said. “The costs associated with it are still being collected.”

She also said the department was “working on the logistics of this,” including staffing requirements, supplies, food, regulations and security.

“There are many elements in the work we need to continue to solve,” she said.

Keeping in mind that most of the 434 tests performed at the four hospitals in the county were performed at the Kingman Regional Medical Center, Burleigh provided the hospital with supplies to carry out those tests. Was the result.

For a relatively small amount of testing being performed in a county with more than 200,000 residents, Burley said supplies were at a premium and the protocol was strict for hospitals. People cannot take tests on demand.

“In general, we get a new matrix twice a week, essentially with a new testing protocol,” Burleigh told the Arizona Department of Health’s guidelines on who to test. Was. “Then these hospitals and health care providers are coordinating.

“The testing standards are relatively strict and test supplies are still considered scarce, so we don’t see the testing growing in the community.”

She also said that with the support of the County Health Department’s collective bargaining, the four hospitals each obtained 100,000 triple surgical masks, reinforcing a declining supply.

She returned to the relative slowdown of the new case at the end of the week, warning that residents and authorities were not at a satisfactory time.

“We can’t predict the future,” said Arizona’s outbreak of COVID-19, “noting that it started right in the middle of the state and spread out.” is. It’s clear that you shouldn’t think of yourself in the woods yet, and you need to keep in mind the fact that things can change very quickly. “

For most people, the coronavirus resolves mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, in a few weeks. For some people, especially the elderly and those with existing health problems, they can cause more serious illnesses, including pneumonia and death. Most people have recovered.

Mojave County and Arizona have not reported “recovered cases.” That information is not available.

“The state doesn’t even mention it,” she said. “There is no way to collect that information, it will not be reported in any way.

“At this time, the states have no plans to post it, and they don’t even know where to get it (information).”