Pinal hopes increased COVID-19 testing will help flatten curve
by Mark Cowling | PinalCentral
Pinal County’s rate of COVID-19 infections is poised to get worse before it gets better on some unknown date.
“Our curve is probably not going to peak straight up, but maybe will accelerate a little bit more of a hump over time, and then, as all of us so dearly hope for, will start to come down,” Tascha Spears, director of the Pinal County Public Health Services District, told the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday. As of Wednesday, the county had 6,118 cases, an increase of 173 from Tuesday.
Supervisor Pete Rios, D-Dudleyville, said the data show Pinal County’s infection rate continues to go up and “we’re not flattening the curve in any way, shape or form yet.” He asked if Spears had a projection “when this could possibly level off.”
