Pinal mayors want COVID-19 cases listed by ZIP code
by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune
Several Pinal County mayors and other officials are seeking a court order for the release of information that breaks down the county’s COVID-19 infections by ZIP code.
Health officials currently only report a county-wide number of cases.
The petition in Pinal County Superior Court asks state and local health agencies to provide “general and non-personally identifiable information in their possession.” As long as names are not released, patients should still have the privacy guaranteed by federal law, state Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, one of the plaintiffs in the petition filed Friday, told PinalCentral. Besides part of the East Valley, her district includes parts of San Tan Valley and Apache Junction.
