By Councilmember Richard Fimbres
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, there are now more than 163,000 reported positive cases and more than 3,300 deaths, resulting from COVID-19 in Arizona.
The Pima County Health Department has reported more than 15,000 cases and more than 400 deaths, resulting from COVID-19 in Arizona.
Our community and state has seen a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
We are all affected by this virus. We have lost family members, friends and co-workers to COVID-19. Many attended Mother’s and Father’s Day events, Birthdays, Weddings and other gatherings and got family members sick and some lost their lives.
We must take this seriously, so be safe and healthy, practice social distancing, being six feet apart in public, thoroughly wash your hands and wear a mask when social distancing can’t be practiced. Many businesses are requiring customers to wear masks in their stores. This is about our lives and our families.
My office has had two events to give out free masks, with the most recent being during Mask-Up Tucson on July 18, where Ward 5 distributed 8,000 masks to the community. A total of 10,000 masks have been distributed so far and I am in the process of getting more masks for our community.
If you need a mask, please call my office at (520) 791-4231.
The 2020 Primary Election will take place Tuesday, August 4. If you have received your ballot in the mail, please fill it out and do so. The deadline to send your ballots by mail is Wednesday, July 29, so please call the Pima County Recorder’s Office, (520) 724-4356 for information on where to bring your ballot in at.
The 2020 General Election will take place Tuesday, November 3. If you had not signed up for the Permanent Early Voting List, you can do so for the upcoming General Election. Go to the Pima County Recorder’s website at: https://www.recorder.pima.gov/BallotByMail and fill out the form. If you have further questions, please call (520) 724-4356.
If you have not filled out your 2020 Census Form, you must to do so. Last time, Tucson lost $64 million in federal funds due to an under count and we can’t afford to do that again. For more information, go to 2020census.gov.
