According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, there are 11,380 cases and 542 deaths of COVID-19 in the state.

Those numbers are increases of 261 and six from Sunday, respectively. Monday numbers have usually been lower due to less testing over the weekend.

Aboout 14% of cases are hospitalized, per AZDHS.

According to Maricopa County Department of Public Health, there are 5,915 cases and 240 deaths in Arizona's most populous county.

With months of data now available, AZDHS has shifted its primary focus from predictive models to using all of its real-time, Arizona specific data to assess the health of our healthcare system and evaluate the trend of our cases to make decisions that are best for Arizona, according to a blog from Director Dr. Cara Christ.

Retailers begin reopening

Local gyms are disinfecting workout equipment, jewelers are hiring doormen to man their storefronts and other retailers are laying out social distancing floor plans.

All this and more is being done to ensure public safety and health as the business community ramps up operations at the possibility of Gov. Doug Ducey ending his stay-at-home order May 15.

The governor has been slowly removing pandemic restrictions with the partial reopening of retail businesses May 4, the reopening of salons and barbershops May 8, and the reopening of restaurants’ dining rooms on Monday.

Many others are readying their establishments, hoping an ending of the stay-at-home order will come with the governor opening the rest of Arizona’s economy.

Dine-in resumes in Arizona

Monday is the first day restaurants in Arizona can resume dine-in services, while keeping in mind social distancing guidelines.

Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive order in late March that discouraged restaurants from letting people eat inside is no more, and his extended stay-at-home order is set to expire after Friday.

According to Steve Chucri, president and CEO of the Arizona Restaurant Association, restaurant food sales in the state topped $13.4 billion in 2019. However, he estimates that restaurants have been losing between $25 million and $30 million per day during the closures.