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District 2 Supervisor Liz Archuleta — Replacement Sandbags are Coming to Your Neighborhood

by Community Contributor • June 3, 2020 • Comments Off

June 3, 2020

Coconino County Government

ELIZABETH C. ARCHULETA

Supervisor, District 2

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“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

— Nelson Mandela

Replacement Sandbags are Coming to Your Neighborhood

The Coconino County Flood Control District (FCD) and the City of Flagstaff are helping Museum Flood area residents prepare for the 2020 monsoon season by placing pallets of new sandbags throughout the neighborhoods, which residents can use to repair their sandbag walls.

El Distrito de Control de Inundaciones del Condado de Coconino (FCD) y la Ciudad de Flagstaff ayudaran a los residentes dentro el área designada como “Museum Flood Area” a prepararse para la temporada de lluvias de 2020. El Condado y la Cuidad colocaran paletas de nuevos sacos de arena en los vecindarios apropiados, que los residentes pueden usar para reparar sus paredes de sacos de arena.

Fourth County COVID-19 Testing Blitz

collects 341 tests

Coconino County collected 341 tests for COVID-19 at the fourth Testing Blitz event held Saturday, May 30 at the Coconino Health and Human Services location in Flagstaff. Coupled with the first three testing blitz events, the County has collected 1,439 tests.

“Testing is a priority in Coconino County as we battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.” said Coconino County Supervisor Liz Archuleta, Chair of the Board of Supervisors. “We thank everyone who has come to be tested and we encourage and hope that the State will continue these testing blitzes. These events are an example of the strong partnership and collaboration by our County team, the Flagstaff Police Department, Arizona National Guard, TGen North, and all of the terrific medical volunteers from organizations across the County.”

Specimens collected at the Blitz were sent to TGen North. Once results are received, Coconino County Health and Human Services will notify those tested of results throughout the week.

Testing is available at Fort Tuthill County Park Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for those with COVID-19 symptoms or a medical order.

For more information on COVID-19 cases, including regional case data and other resources, please visit www.coconino.az.gov/covid19 or call the County COVID-19 Information Line at 928.679.7300 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Q

COVID-19 Daily Dashboard

As of June 3, 2020

These figures are updated and will be shared every morning at 10:00 am in order tocoincide with the Arizona Department of Health Services release of data. We will continue sharing these figures in our daily newsletter.

You can also access the daily dashboard by clicking here.

Here is the information as of 06/03/2020:

AZDHS COVID-19 Website

AZDHS just updated their COVID-19 website which now includes race and ethnicity on confirmed cases, location of confirmed cases by zip code, ages & gender of related deaths, and number of hospital beds & ICU beds available.

Access the AZDHS COVID-19 Website Here

Coconino County Residents Count:

Don’t forget to fill out the 2020 Census!

Coconino County currently has a response rate of 35.1% for the 2020 Census.

If you have not yet filled out the 2020 Census, please do so!

By filling out the census, you are ensuring that our community is counted and can receive the necessary resources we need to keep our community safe, healthy, and thriving!

Other important things to keep in mind:

Count everyone who is living in your house on 04/01/20 on your census form
The census DOES NOT ask about citizenship
All information collected is required BY LAW to be kept confidential
Make sure to include children and babies when filling out your census
EVERYONE COUNTS!

You have the option of completing the questionnaire by phone.

To begin, call 844-330-2020 for English or 844-468-2020 for Spanish.

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