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30 Jun: Arizona Republic: Arizona coronavirus update: Big number of new cases because of reporting delay
by Rachel Leingang
The department reported 4,682 new cases on Tuesday, bringing total cases to 79,215. There were 44 new deaths reported Tuesday...
Sonora Quest, a major test processor, said Monday it had a technical glitch reporting numbers on Sunday because of an increased number of test results. The lab reported 2,454 additional cases, which would bring the state’s Monday total to 3,079. Those cases will be added to the state’s data dashboard on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday’s dashboard shows 85% of current inpatient beds and 86% of ICU beds were in use for COVID-19 and other patients...

Hospital discharge numbers over the past five days have hovered around their highest levels since the state began reporting the data in early April. There were 232 people with COVID-19 discharged on Monday. There were between 250 and 270 suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals daily from Thursday to Sunday, although total hospital numbers are much higher now...

While increased testing over the past month has contributed to an increase in numbers, it is only one factor resulting in the big increase in case numbers. The percentage of tests coming back positive has spiked sharply since mid-May, when Ducey’s stay-at-home order expired, indicating a significant increase in community spread.
During the past three weeks, cases increased by 169% and tests increased by just 77%. Last week, 20% of tests were positive...
While increased testing over the past month has contributed to an increase in numbers, it is only one factor resulting in the big increase in case numbers. The percentage of tests coming back positive has spiked sharply since mid-May, when Ducey’s stay-at-home order expired, indicating a significant increase in community spread.

During the past three weeks, cases increased by 169% and tests increased by just 77%. Last week, 20% of tests were positive.
Here’s what you need to know about Tuesday’s new numbers...
•County cases: 48,592 in Maricopa...
•Maricopa County public health officials said last Wednesday that more than one-third of all their cases had been reported just in the last week...
•People aged 65 and older made up 1,209 of the 1,632 deaths, or 74%...

•Ventilator use for suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients was at 455 on Monday. Overall, 55% of ventilators remained available Monday...

Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Arizona. Pence and Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House coronavirus task force will visit Phoenix on Wednesday and meet with Ducey and health care teams to discuss the unfolding COVID-19 crisis...

Key figures to watch
The percentage of positive tests is increasing. This is the opposite direction from White House reopening criteria. The percentage of positive tests out of all tests per week increased to 20% last week. That figure was 12% a month ago, up to 14% three weeks ago, to 19% two weeks ago. When the state decided to reopen on May 16, that number had been trending down, but it has been increasing ever since...
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/06/30/arizona-coronavirus-update-tuesday-numbers-reflect-reporting-delay/3283126001/

30mins to 35m10s: Tim Franks, BBC Newshour: Fauci: 40,000 to 100,000 per day. Arizona spiking. Paul Romer (ex-World Bank): test everyone. China: Wuhan tested 10 million people. BBC: testing is only a snapshot. Romer: test everyone in a town every week. compulsion not required. BBC: really? people won’t wear face masks.

20 Jun: BBC Newshour: Presenter Tim Franks
Also in the programme: We hear from a Nobel laureate economist (PAUL ROMER, EX WORLD BANK) who thinks it’s time to turbo-charge testing for Covid-19...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172x2yr6nzl644