Arizona seeing increased Covid cases as Ducey misuses pandemic relief monies

Get vaccinated people!

From KTAR -

Arizona reports 980 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths Sunday

Arizona public health officials on Sunday reported 980 new COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths from the virus.

The latest documented totals were 908,248 infections and 18,117 fatalities, according to the department’s COVID-19 dashboard.

Total cases, from AZDHS' Covid tracker -

Better than the peak, but still a bad trend.

But not to worry, Doug Ducey has the backs...of his friends in the hospitality business.

From AP -

Ducey uses federal pandemic cash to promote Arizona tourism

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday announced he’s using $101.1

 

million of federal relief funding to launch a new program to encourage

 

more tourism spending in the state and help the hospitality industry

 

recover from the pandemic.

 

The Visit Arizona Initiative will use the American Rescue Plan money to

 

help the tourism sector of the state’s economy to prosper and “continue

 

to recover from the effects of the pandemic,” Doug said in a statement.