Attachment A - City of Phoenix Benchmark Status as of 11.19.2020

Attachment A 
City of Phoenix Benchmark Status 
Last Updated: 11/19/2020 
 
About the Benchmark Data 
The Arizona Department of Health Services has established three (3) specific metrics in establishing reopening 
benchmarks schools and businesses in Arizona. These benchmarks are: 
1) Percent positive of COVID-19 cases each week; and 
2) New cases per 100,000 population; and 
3) Percent of COVID-Like Illness cases presenting in hospitals 
These benchmarks can be applied to any community or political subdivision of the state for which data related to the 
benchmarks is available. 
The data for this report was obtained from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health Reopening Dashboard, 
which permits the data to be filtered in several ways, including down to the city, school district or zip code level. The 
data for this dashboard is updated each week on Thursday and validated for a 2-weeks period, with a 12-day delay to 
allow for a lag in receiving data. The report for each week is depicted below. 
 
 
Week of 
Positivity 
Rate 
New Cases 
/ 100,000 
COVID-Like 
Illnesses 
23-Aug 
5.89% 
39.02 
2.0% 
30-Aug 
4.74% 
35.10 
2.0% 
6-Sep 
4.81% 
29.27 
2.0% 
13-Sep 
5.24% 
41.40 
2.0% 
20-Sep 
4.60% 
40.27 
2.0% 
27-Sep 
4.96% 
45.67 
3.0%

Week of 
Positivity 
Rate 
New Cases 
/ 100,000 
COVID-Like 
Illnesses 
4-Oct 
5.25% 
62.52 
3.0% 
11-Oct 
6.23% 
75.49 
3.0% 
18-Oct 
7.11% 
101.8 
4.0% 
25-Oct 
8.44% 
120.6 
4.0% 
1-Nov 
10.20% 
186.3 
5.0%