As Arizona ignored violations of orders designed to reduce the spread of coronavirus and then loosened those restrictions, COVID-19 was rapidly spreading among Latinos in Maricopa County. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-data/2020/06/27/latino-covid-19-rates-continue-rise/3263558001/">https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...

“Since late April, the percentage of the total population that has been hospitalized because of the virus has grown rapidly, from about a quarter of all cases to nearly 40% of cases by the end of June,” writes @caeli_chesin in an analysis of the data aided by @justinJprice

And this is only half of what we might know, because state and county health officials have not recorded race and ethnicity for more than 50% of the positive tests. (Thanks also to @rachelleingang @alisteinbach and @emillydavis for contributing to this story.)

Arizona’s track record on testing and tracing is abysmal. Now that community spread is everywhere, people in majority Latino neighborhoods have had trouble getting tested, a situation shown to be painfully real by @ujohnnyg https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2020/06/23/maryvale-phoenix-coronavirus-testing-blitz-what-like-wait-13-hours-car-covid-19-test/3233999001/">https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...

Almost 1,000 people waited up to 13 hours for COVID-19 testing in Maryvale, via @vv1lder https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2020/06/21/coronavirus-testing-long-wait-turned-away-covid-19-tests-maryvale-arizona/3233532001/">https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...

Today, @brieannafrank is in Maryvale to see if access has improved to COVID-19 testing, if only to confirm what the data already shows is alarming and out of control. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/06/27/arizona-coronavirus-update-70-051-confirmed-cases-1-579-known-deaths/3268400001/">https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...