The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Arizona increased to 401, up from 326, officials said Wednesday.
There have been six known coronavirus deaths statewide.
The Pima County Health Department reported 46 cases Wednesday. That number is up from 42 on Tuesday. The Arizona Department of Health Services reported 49 cases in Pima County Wednesday morning.
Aaron Pacheco, spokesman for the Pima County Health Department, said numbers are liable to change when county and state officials are reporting daily counts.
"It's not an exact science," Pacheco said. "There's verification and a bunch of investigation that goes into it."
He said reported numbers aren't necessarily wrong when they change, they are just updated based on the best available information at the time. County and state officials continue to work together to be on the same page about reported cases, Pacheco said.
"As we keep seeing these cases continue to rise the specifics about these numbers, we're going to have to be a little bit more general about them," he said. "We know that we're getting cases and the message is that it's here in this community."
Of the county's 46 cases, 19 people are between 18 and 40 years old and 15 are between 41 and 65 years old. Twelve patients are 66 or older, according to the Pima County Health Department.
No other information was provided about the new Pima County cases.
“As testing increases, we expect the number of positive cases to continue rising," Gov. Doug Ducey said on Twitter on Sunday. “It’s important that everyone takes this seriously.”
Other confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday include 251 in Maricopa County, 23 in Pinal County, one in Cochise County and one in Santa Cruz County.
Photos for March 24: Tucson gets by during coronavirus pandemic
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Cynthia Carsten, assistant chief nursing officer at Tucson Medical Center, talks with Bill Fleming, director of security for the hospital, inside TMC’s COVID-19 command center.
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Kim Fore, left, operations section chief, talks with Cynthia Carsten, assistant chief nursing officer for Tucson Medical Center, inside TMC’s COVID-19 Command Center at Tucson Medical Center, 5301E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. TMC put together a command center as a response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Susan Snedaker, information security officer for Tucson Medical Center and logistics chief, works inside TMC's COVID-19 Command Center at Tucson Medical Center, 5301E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. TMC put together a command center as a response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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A few cars are parked in empty parking lots at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Road, in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020.
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A few cars are parked in empty parking lots at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. OracleRd., in Tucson, Ariz., on March 24, 2020. A few shopping stores are open at The Tucson Mall but store hours have been cut due to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Pam Haskell, right, plans her next move after leaving a load of supplies and food outside the door of Rancho Encanto #2, one of her two assisted living homes, after getting a shipment via Sysco, March 24, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Phoebe Haskell uses wipes to clean packages of strawberries for her grandmother Pam Haskell as they sort a bulk shipment of groceries and supplies delivered by Sysco to one of Pam's two assisted living homes, March 24, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
