County public health data showed some stabilization of cases but a low number of virus deaths Monday.

Data from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health reported 225 new cases of COVID-19 Monday and 1 new death. New case numbers are in line of what the county has been seeing in terms of new daily averages.  The same is true for deaths, with Monday producing less than  what the county lists as its rolling seven-day average. Deaths do not reflect the new case numbers recorded on the same day but usually better reflect the new case numbers from two or three weeks ago.

The county has seen a return to case levels that it experienced prior to a surge that started in lat May and peaked near early July, according to public health records.  The highest number of cases  in a day was 3,825 on June 29.

In recent days, cases have been trending slightly upward. The county’s seven-day daily average of new cases was 196 on Friday, Sept. 11 and increased to 280 by Sunday, Sept. 20, the biggest increase since mid-July when the county began to decline from its surge. That statistic has flattened since then, landing at 284 on Wednesday, Sept. 27, the most recent day of complete data.

The county’s surge in coronavirus-related deaths has lagged  case surges by a couple weeks  in COVID0-19 reporting. The county’s worst single-day death total was 66 on July 15. Daily death totals have recently declined to the level they were at before the county’s surge. In the most recent day of complete data, Monday, Sept. 14, the seven-day daily average was eight deaths a day. The seven-day death average has remained below 10 for about two weeks, the first time since early June.