State reports 2,250 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths
Arizona reported Monday a relatively low 2,250 new COVID-19 cases and seven new known deaths as hospitalizations for the disease continued gradual declines but remained at high levels.
Arizona’s seven-day, new-case average ranked fifth on Sunday among all states, after ranking first and second for much of January, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker.
Arizona’s newly reported seven deaths brought the known COVID-19 death count to 14,055. Few new deaths are typically reported on Mondays. The state surpassed 14,000 deaths on Saturday after passing 13,000 deaths on Jan. 29, just one week after it passed 12,000 and two weeks after 11,000 deaths. The state exceeded 10,000 known deaths on Jan. 9. Arizona’s first known death from the disease occurred in mid-March.
In just over one year since the first case was announced in Arizona, a total of 782,887 COVID-19 cases have been identified across the state.
The Arizona data dashboard shows 87% of all ICU beds and 89% of all inpatient beds in the state were in use Sunday, with 46% of ICU beds and 33% of non-ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, 235 ICU beds and 950 non-ICU beds were available.
The number of patients hospitalized in Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 cases was at 2,853 on Sunday, below the record 5,082 inpatients on Jan. 11.
The number of patients with suspected or known COVID-19 in ICUs across Arizona was at 828 on Sunday, below the record high of 1,183 on Jan. 11.
Arizonans with confirmed and suspected COVID-19 on ventilators tallied 536 on Sunday, below the record-high 821 reached on Jan. 13.
Sunday saw 1,419 patients in the emergency room for COVID-19, below the Dec. 29 single-day record of 2,341 positive or suspected COVID-19 patients seen in emergency departments across the state.
Monday’s numbers
Reported cases in Arizona: 782,887. Cases since the outbreak began increased by 2,250, or 0.29%, from Sunday’s 780,637 identified cases. These daily cases are grouped by the date they are reported to the Arizona Department of Health Services, not by the date the tests were administered.
Cases by county: 488,687 in Maricopa, 104,921 in Pima, 43,947 in Pinal, 35,751 in Yuma, 20,145 in Mohave, 16,590 in Yavapai, 15,735 in Coconino, 14,936 in Navajo, 10,611 in Cochise, 9,858 in Apache, 7,517 in Santa Cruz, 6,175 in Gila, 5,173 in Graham, 2,305 in La Paz and 536 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The Navajo Nation reported 28,897 cases and 1,057 confirmed deaths in total as of Sunday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 11,463 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Friday, including 2,134 in Tucson, 1,965 in Eyman, 1,862 in Yuma and 1,130 in Douglas; 43,586 inmates statewide have been tested. A total of 2,576 prison staff members have self-reported testing positive, the department said. Thirtyone incarcerated people in Arizona have been confirmed to have died of COVID-19, with 18 additional deaths under investigation.
Arizona as of Sunday had the sixthhighest overall case rate in the country since Jan. 21, 2020. Ahead of Arizona in cases per 100,000 people since the pandemic began are North Dakota, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah and Tennessee, according to the CDC.
Arizona’s infection rate is 10,704 cases per 100,000 people, according to the CDC.
The national average is 8,061 cases per 100,000 people, though the rates in states hard hit early on in the pandemic may be an undercount because of a lack of available testing in March and April.
Reported deaths in Arizona: 14,055 Deaths by county: 7,979 in Maricopa, 1,904 in Pima, 734 in Yuma, 662 in Pinal, 566 in Mohave, 449 in Navajo, 412 in Yavapai, 326 in Apache, 288 in Coconino, 237 in Cochise, 200 in Gila, 159 in Santa Cruz, 68 in Graham, 65 in La Paz and six in Greenlee.
The global death toll as of Monday morning was 2,318,763 and the U.S. had the highest death count of any country in the world, at 463,483, according to Johns Hopkins University. Arizona’s death total of 14,055 deaths represents 3% of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. as of Monday.