Arizona governor to present ‘good news’ on state virus fight
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is expected to brief the public Thursday on the state’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and he says the news will be good.
The governor on Wednesday offered a preview of the trends he says public health officials are tracking. Without offering any numbers, he said Arizona is seeing good results.
He pushed back on questions from the media about videos from old town Scottsdale on Memorial Day that showed crowds of hundreds of people partying in the nightclub district. He said there are “millions and millions of people in our state that are behaving responsibly.”
He didn’t answer when asked about whether cities need additional tools to stop large gatherings. Instead, he praised law enforcement for using “education and communication to achieve this successful result to date.”
State health officials reported 479 additional COVID-19 cases with 24 additional deaths Wednesday, increasing the state’s totals to 17,262 cases with 831 deaths.
