Arizona approaches 14,500 known COVID-19 deaths
Arizona reported Wednesday a relative low of 1,977 new COVID-19 cases but another high count of new deaths, at 176, as hospitalizations for the disease reached the lowest levels since early December.
Arizona’s seven-day, new-case average ranked 10th on Tuesday 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 176 deaths brought the known COVID-19 death count to 14,462.
The Arizona data dashboard shows 88% of all ICU beds and 89% of all inpatient beds in the state were in use Tuesday, with 43% of ICU beds and 30% of non-ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, 214 ICU beds and 921 non-ICU beds were available.
The number of patients hospitalized in Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 cases was at 2,589 on Tuesday, 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 763 on Tuesday, below the record high of 1,183 on Jan. 11.
Arizonans with confirmed and suspected COVID-19 on ventilators tallied 508 on Tuesday, below the record-high 821 reached on Jan. 13.
Tuesday saw 1,489 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.
New cases in Arizona have eclipsed 5,000 for 17 of the past 30 days. February has seen lower case reports, with no day above 4,500 new cases.
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Cases since the outbreak began increased by 1,977, or 0.25%, from Tuesday’s 787,268 identified cases. These daily cases are grouped by the date they are reported to the Arizona Department
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of Health Services, not by the date the tests were administered.
Cases by county: 492,996 in Maricopa, 105,829 in Pima, 44,269 in Pinal, 35,886 in Yuma, 20,280 in Mohave, 16,621 in Yavapai, 15,840 in Coconino, 15,044 in Navajo, 10,681 in Cochise, 9,998 in Apache, 7,537 in Santa Cruz, 6,205 in Gila, 5,185 in Graham, 2,327 in La Paz and 538 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The Navajo Nation reported 28,994 cases and 1,075 confirmed deaths in total as of Tuesday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 11,611 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, including 2,134 in Tucson, 2,006 in Yuma, 1,965 in Eyman, 1,205 in Lewis and 1,130 in Douglas; 43,587 inmates statewide have been tested. A total of 2,592 prison staff members have self-reported testing positive, the department said. Thirty-one incarcerated people in Arizona have been confirmed to have died of COVID-19, with 19 additional deaths under investigation.
Deaths by county: 8,209 in Maricopa, 1,981 in Pima, 745 in Yuma, 690 in Pinal, 579 in Mohave, 459 in Navajo, 420 in Yavapai, 338 in Apache, 297 in Coconino, 241 in Cochise, 201 in Gila, 163 in Santa Cruz, 68 in Graham, 65 in La Paz and six in Greenlee.
The global death toll as of Wednesday morning was 2,343,909 and the U.S. had the highest death count of any country in the world, at 468,247, according to Johns Hopkins University. Arizona’s death total of 14,462 deaths represents 3% of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. as of Wednesday.
The COVID-19 death rate in Arizona since the pandemic began was 193 per 100,000 people as of Tuesday, according to the CDC, putting it ninth in the country in a state ranking that separates New York City from New York state. The U.S. average was 139 deaths per 100,000 people as of Tuesday, the CDC said.
New York City has the highest death rate, at 331 deaths per 100,000 people. After that follows New Jersey, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Rhode Island.