The Arizona Department of Health Services has updated its method for collecting zip code data for coronavirus case numbers, and the numbers continue to surge in Glendale, with one zip code up 51% in one month.
A full patient address is not always available when a case or a lab result is first reported, Arizona Department of Health Services director Cara M. Christ wrote Dec. 9 at azdhs.gov.
“While we do our best to make sure the case is counted within the county of residence, we sometimes need to rely on the address of the provider facility or reporting entity in the absence of a complete patient address,” her blog explained. “More than 90% of cases have been shown in the zip code of their residence throughout the response, but we have recently re-examined how we attribute cases to zip codes and labs to counties.”
