More than 900 new weekly COVID-19 cases reported in Goodyear

Arizona Department of Health Services reported 910 new COVID-19 cases in Goodyear’s 85338 and 85395 ZIP codes over the week ending Friday, Jan. 8, bringing the total number of cases to 7,479.

That represents a 13.9% increase over last Friday, when 600 new cases were reported, and a 25.3% increase over Dec. 25, when 451 new cases were reported.

The agency said more than 90% of cases were mapped to the address of the patient’s residence:

Goodyear total

Cases as of Jan. 1: 6,569
Cases as of Jan. 2: 6,688
Cases as of Jan. 3: 6,951
Cases as of Jan. 4: 6,996
Cases as of Jan. 5: 7,076
Cases as of Jan. 6: 7,191
Cases as of Jan. 7: 7,306
Cases as of Jan. 8: 7,479

85338 ZIP code

Cases as of Jan. 1: 4,349
Cases as of Jan. 2: 4,427
Cases as of Jan. 3: 4,619
Cases as of Jan. 4: 4,646
Cases as of Jan. 5: 4,713
Cases as of Jan. 6: 4,782
Cases as of Jan. 8: 4,847

 85395 ZIP code

Cases as of Jan. 1: 2,220
Cases as of Jan. 2: 2,261
Cases as of Jan. 3: 2,332
Cases as of Jan. 4: 2,350
Cases as of Jan. 5: 2,363
Cases as of Jan. 6: 2,409
Cases as of Jan. 7: 2,459
Cases as of Jan. 8: 2,559

To see full numbers across the state, click here.

Maricopa County benchmarks data

ADHS tracks the level of community transmission of COVID-19 as part of its three benchmarks for business and school reopenings, updating its benchmarks data dashboard on Thursdays.

The benchmarks — number of cases per 100,000 people, percent positivity of tests and percentage of people hospitalized with COVID-like illnesses — are divided into three categories: substantial, moderate and minimal.

Substantial transmission: more than 100 cases per 100,000 people, 10% or higher test positivity and more than 10% hospitalizations.
Moderate transmission: 10 to 100 cases per 100,000 people, 5% to 10% test positivity and 5% to 10% hospitalizations.
Minimal transmission: Fewer than 10 cases per 100,000 people, less than 5% test positivity and fewer than 5% hospitalizations.

Figures are about 12 days old to allow for lags in reporting, ADHS states on the website. All three benchmarks must be met for 14 days to move from a higher transmission phase to a lower one.

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This week’s community transmission: Substantial

As of Thursday, Jan. 7, the dashboard categorized Maricopa County’s community transmission as substantial, based on data collected Dec. 13 and 20:

Cases per 100,000 people: 560 Dec. 20 / 631 Dec. 13
Test positivity: 18.9% Dec. 20 / 15.8% Dec. 13
COVID-like hospitalizations: 15.5% Dec. 13 / 14.3% Dec. 13

To view the benchmarks dashboard, click here.

Different businesses have different benchmarks for reopening, as do schools.

Benchmarks for businesses

Per ADHS, if community transmission is substantial, bars and nightclubs, gyms and fitness centers, water parks and tube operators must remain closed.

If transmission is moderate, bars and nightclubs providing dine-in services, movie theaters, water parks and tube operators can operate at 50% capacity. Gyms and fitness centers can operate at 25% capacity. Bars and nightclubs that do not serve food cannot reopen.

If transmission is minimal, all bars and nightclubs, movie theaters, water parks, tube operators, gyms and fitness centers can operate at 50% capacity if the percent positivity is below 3%.

Benchmarks for schools

There are two main components for reopening Arizona schools for in-person instruction: quality of the school’s mitigation plan, or how it will minimize the spread of COVID-19; and the degree of community transmission outlined above.

AZDHS recommended that county-specific public health benchmarks fall within the moderate or minimal spread category in all three benchmarks for two weeks to provide hybrid learning (some students in physical buildings and some students distance learning), specifically:

• A two-week decline in the number of cases or two weeks with new case rates below 100 per 100,000 threshold
• Two weeks with less than 7% test positivity
• Two weeks with less than 10% COVID-like illness hospitalizations

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Maricopa County overview

As of Jan. 8, the state reported the following in Maricopa County:

Countywide cases: 367,856 (325,404 last Friday); 7,149 new from the previous day (6,577 new last Friday)
Rate of cases per 100,000 people: 8,421.9 (7,450.0 last Friday)
Deaths: 5,695 (5,196 last Friday); 120 new since the previous day (86 new last Friday)
Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 130.38 (118.96 last Friday)
Number of tests conducted: 2,071,511 (1,978,490 last Friday); 17,624 new from the previous day (31,960 new last Friday)
Test positivity: 13.5% (12.9% last Friday)

To view the data dashboard and statewide information on cases by age, ethnicity and gender; hospital and ventilator usage and availability, and hospital-specific COVID-19 metrics, click here.