The Arizona Department of Health Services will be allocating $100 million to counties to help support COVID-19 testing.
The health department made the announcement Friday detailing that the federal funding is intended for staffing, laboratory testing, informatics, disease surveillance, and other activities critical in the fight against COVID-19.
The state received $418,951,131 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through a funding agreement at the end of January.
Funding available to counties was determined by using a formula of a $100,00 base amount plus funding based on their percentage of the state's population.
ADHS has directly funded testing throughout the state during the pandemic. This includes Arizona State University’s saliva-based testing, airport testing, sequencing, serology (antibody) testing for healthcare workers and first responders in partnership with the University of Arizona, and rapid response testing for outbreaks at long-term care facilities.
This is a breakdown of the funding available by county with the amounts being rounded up, according to ADHS:
Apache: $1.09 million
Cochise: $1.9 million
Coconino: $2.06 million
Gila: $840,000
Graham: $623,000
Greenlee: $230,000
La Paz: $390,000
Maricopa: $60.63 million
Mohave: $2.98 million
Navajo: $1.62 million
Pima: $14.36 million
Pinal: $6.24 million
Santa Cruz: $751,000
Yavapai: $3.28 million
Yuma: $3.01 million
Part of the $418 million allocated to the state will also continue to fund statewide testing programs. This is part of the CARES Act funding given directly to local jurisdictions and the state for either testing and public health activities.
For more information on Arizona's COVID testing, click here.
