What You Need to Know-Week of May 23rd
The most important weekly updates for you to keep your community healthy
In this Update:
1. Urgent Updates: COVID-19 Metric
2. Information You Need: A reminder on COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidance
3. Building Resilience: Ways to help children become more resilient during a pandemic
1. Urgent Updates: COVID-19 Metrics
Updated as of: 05-23-2022
Weekly case, death, and hospitalization counts
| In the past week, there has been an average of: | |
| Cases per day | 1,029 |
| Deaths per day | 4 |
| Compared to two weeks ago: | |
| Cases per day | Increased by 84% ↑ |
| Deaths per day | Decreased by 88% ↓ |
| Hospitalizations per day | Increased by 26% ↑ |
See breakdown of vaccination by Arizona counties
See updated vaccine information and data in Arizona
2. Information You Need: A reminder on COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidance
With all of the available COVID-19 information, it can be difficult to remember the specific guidance on what to do if you, or someone you know, becomes sick or is exposed to someone who is sick. Further, in many places across the United States there is a slow upward trend of cases due to the BA.2 variant. So, it can be helpful to refresh your memory on what to do in the event you become sick or have a COVID-19 exposure. The Arizona Department of Health Services created an easy-to-follow flow chart that contains information about when you should quarantine versus isolate and the details for each.
what to do if you become sick or have COVID-19 exposure?
3. Building Resilience: Ways to help children become more resilient during a pandemic
The health, social, financial, impacts of the pandemic continue to be incredibly difficult for many of us, and these challenges are not just limited to adults. Children and their development have been greatly affected by these impacts as well – whether that has included changes to school environments, socialization, participation in sports or other activities, or experiencing grief during this time.
Building resilient communities is a large goal for public health moving beyond this pandemic, which includes increasing resilience among community members – both adults and children – to better prepare for future disasters.
What building DOES RESILIENCE MEAN?
A research organization has put together a brief document that outlines some overarching factors that can increase resilience among children. Some of these factors include prioritizing quality time with children (e.g., reading, playing, or going on walks together), as well as providing emotional support through the “3 R’s”: Reassurance, creating Routines, and Regulation.
Some examples include:
- “Reassuring children about their safety and the safety of loved ones”
- “Maintaining predictable routines (e.g., sleeping, eating, learning, playing)”
- “Support children’s regulation skills by helping them manage difficult feelings (e.g., deep breathing, movement, quiet time)”
- “Making time for emotional ‘check-ins’
If you would like to learn more about this and other topics related to COVID-19 in Arizona, please complete next week’s AZCOVIDTXT survey that you will receive via text in about a week.