1,039 new cases, no deaths reported on Monday.
Arizona reported 1,039 new COVID-19 cases and no new known deaths Monday as hospitalizations for the disease have fallen to a level the state has not seen since early November.
The state’s overall COVID-19 death and case rates since since Jan. 21, 2020, are among the worst in the country.
The COVID-19 death rate in Arizona since the pandemic began was 219 deaths per 100,000 people as of Sunday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker, putting it sixth in the country in a state ranking that separates New York City from New York state.
The U.S. average was 153 deaths per 100,000 people as of Sunday, the CDC said.
New York City had the highest death rate, at 349 deaths per 100,000 people. After that followed New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Mississippi.
The state’s case rate since the pandemic began also ranked sixth nationwide as of Sunday.
Arizona’s seven-day new-case average ranked 24th Sunday among all states, after ranking first and second for much of January, according to the CDC’s COVID Data Tracker.
Arizona’s known
COVID-19
death count was at 15,979 Monday, one death below Sunday’s count because of death certificate matching. Few new deaths are typically reported on Mondays.
In slightly more than one year since the first case was announced in Arizona, a total of 817,821 COVID-19 cases have been identified across the state.
The Arizona data dashboard shows 86% of all ICU beds and 87% of all inpatient beds in the state were in use Saturday, with 22% of ICU beds and 14% of non-ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, 252 ICU beds and 1,153 non-ICU beds were available.
Hospitalizations for the disease have been dropping for about seven weeks but remain at relatively high levels.
The total number of patients hospitalized in Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 cases was at 1,241 on Sunday, down from Saturday’s 1,251 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 382 on Sunday, down from 402 on Saturday, far below the record high of 1,183 on Jan. 11.
Arizonans with confirmed and suspected COVID-19 on ventilators tallied 196 on Sunday, down from 210 on Saturday and well below the record high 821 reached on Jan. 13.
Sunday saw 952
patients
in
the emergency room for COVID-19, well 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: 817,821. Cases since the outbreak began increased by 1,039, or 0.13%, from Sunday’s 816,782 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: 511,055 in Maricopa, 109,601 in Pima, 46,233 in Pinal, 36,445 in Yuma, 21,218 in Mohave, 17,062 in Yavapai, 16,579 in Coconino, 15,647 in Navajo, 11,229 in Cochise, 10,464 in Apache, 7,632 in Santa Cruz, 6,405 in Gila, 5,293 in Graham, 2,399 in La Paz and 559 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The Navajo Nation reported 29,740 cases and 1,170 confirmed deaths in total as of Sunday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 11,986 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Friday, including 2,239 in Tucson, 2,008 in Yuma, 2,002 in Eyman, 1,302 in Lewis and 1,163 in Douglas; 43,612 inmates have been tested.
A total of 2,685 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, 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 11,207 cases per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. The national average is 8,541 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.
Deaths by county: 9,116 in Maricopa, 2,216 in Pima, 789 in Yuma, 767 in Pinal, 643 in Mohave, 492 in Navajo, 460 in Yavapai, 383 in Apache, 311 in Coconino, 266 in Cochise, 214 in Gila, 168 in Santa Cruz, 73 in Graham, 71 in La Paz and 10 in Greenlee.
statewide