On March 30, the Governor of Arizona announced a statewide "stay at home order" from 3/31-4/30

Phoenix City - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Ducey said on Monday: "Now is the time to take further action as I have downloaded...

PHOENIX - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said Monday: "Now is the time to take further action as I have issued a stay-at-home order through April 30."

Grocery stores and pharmacies will remain open, according to the Associated Press.

He added: "Stay home, stay healthy, stay connected. "

In another new executive order from the administration. He said Ducey will no longer allow visits in nursing homes until further notice. (Today an outbreak at a Tucson nursing home confirmed 27 positive cases)

He also announced more than $6 million in new funding to support food programs for out-of-school children, families and seniors.

Ducey outlined several other ways the state is responding to the pandemic, such as: closing schools across the state, getting personal protective equipment (PPE), getting millions of dollars to support families, small businesses and the unemployed.

“Across the state, Arizonans are doing their part,” Ducey said. “Arizonans are staying home because it’s the right thing to do. "

Government Ducey announced the news on Monday in a letter co-signed by several Arizona mayors urging the administration. Ducey issued the order.

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, Flagstaff Mayor Coral Evans, Fountain Hill Mayor Ginny Dickey, Guadalupe Mayor Valerie Molina, Superior Mayor Mila Besich, El Mirage Mayor Alexis Hermosillo, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Winslow Mayor Thomas L signed the letter.

Part of the letter reads: “Arizona must not waste the opportunity to learn from the outbreak in our sister states and immediately enact a statewide stay-at-home order to ensure we take every avenue to flatten the curve of this devastating pandemic. "