Arizona reports 1,184 new COVID-19 cases, 148 deaths
Arizona reported a relatively low 1,184 new COVID-19 cases and high 148 new known deaths on Tuesday as hospitalizations for the disease and percent positivity for tests continue to decline.
Arizona’s seven-day new-case average ranked 17th on Monday 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.
The state’s rate of new positive cases over the past seven days was 21 cases per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. New York City was first with 49.6 cases per 100,000. The U.S. average for new cases was 19.4 cases per 100,000 people.
The state’s average daily COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people over the past seven days ranked sixth in the nation as of Monday, per the CDC.
Arizona’s newly reported 148 deaths brought the known COVID-19 death count to 15,650.
In just over one year since the first case was announced in Arizona, a total of 810,658 COVID-19 cases have been identified across the state.
The Arizona data dashboard shows 84% of all ICU beds and 86% of all inpatient beds in the state were in use Monday, with 26% of ICU beds and 18% of non-ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, 279 ICU beds and 1,177 non-ICU beds were available.
The number of patients hospitalized in Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 cases was at 1,515 on Monday, a slight drop from Sunday’s 1,590 inpatients and far 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 447 on Monday, down from 478 on Sunday and below the record high of 1,183 on Jan. 11.
Arizonans with confirmed and suspected COVID-19 on ventilators tallied 266 on Monday, down from 299 on Sunday and well below the record high 821 reached on Jan. 13.
Monday saw 1,072 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.
Reported cases in Arizona: 810,658. Cases since the outbreak began increased by 1,184, or 0.15%, from Monday’s 809,474 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: 506,662 in Maricopa, 108,630 in Pima, 45,754 in Pinal, 36,348 in Yuma, 20,961 in Mohave, 16,937 in Yavapai, 16,298 in Coconino, 15,495 in Navajo, 11,067 in Cochise, 10,328 in Apache, 7,609 in Santa Cruz, 6,357 in Gila, 5,272 in Graham, 2,382 in La Paz and 555 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The Navajo Nation reported 29,551 cases and 1,145 confirmed deaths in total as of Monday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 11,903 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday, including 2,236 in Tucson, 2,005 in Yuma, 1,974 in Eyman, 1,307 in Lewis and 1,158 in Douglas; 43,602 inmates statewide have been tested. A total of 2,654 prison staff members have self-reported testing positive, the department said. Thirty-five incarcerated people in Arizona have been confirmed to have died of COVID-19.
Arizona as of Monday 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.
Deaths by county: 8,909 in Maricopa, 2,180 in Pima, 774 in Yuma, 751 in Pinal, 631 in Mohave, 484 in Navajo, 450 in Yavapai, 371 in Apache, 307 in Coconino, 264 in Cochise, 211 in Gila, 166 in Santa Cruz, 72 in Graham, 71 in La Paz and nine in Greenlee.
The global death toll as of Tuesday morning was 2,476,826, and the U.S. had the highest death count of any country in the world, at 500,443, according to Johns Hopkins University. Arizona’s death total of 15,650 deaths represents 3.1% of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. as of Tuesday.