Arizona reports 682 new active COVID-19 cases, 8 additional known deaths
Arizona reported 682 new COVID-19 cases and eight new known deaths on Tuesday as metrics such as case counts and hospitalizations for the disease continue to hold steady.
Arizona’s seven-day case rate per 100,000 people ranked 42nd on Monday among all states and territories after ranking first and second for much of January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker.
The states with a lower case rate over the past seven days were Texas, Wyoming, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Hawaii and California. Arizona ranked 51st among 60 states and territories on March 28, but its rank has fluctuated.
The state’s seven-day average for new reported COVID-19 cases was 716 on Tuesday. The average had reached as high as 9,800 in January, according to state data.
Arizona’s seven-day death rate per 100,000 people ranked 11th in the nation as of Monday, according to the CDC. The state’s overall COVID-19 death and case rates since Jan. 21, 2020, still remain among the worst in the country.
The COVID-19 death rate in Arizona since the pandemic began is 237 deaths per 100,000 people as of Monday, according to the CDC, putting it sixth in the country in a state ranking that separates New York City from New York state. The U.S. average is 171 deaths per 100,000 people as of Monday, the CDC said.
New York City has the highest death rate, at 385 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Mississippi.
Arizona’s case rate per 100,000 people since the pandemic began also ranks sixth nationwide as of Monday.
Arizona’s newly reported eight deaths brought the known COVID-19 death count to 17,276.
A total of 860,169 COVID-19 cases have been identified across the state.
The Arizona data dashboard shows 85% of all ICU beds and 86% of all inpatient beds in the state were in use Monday, with 11% of ICU beds and 7% of non-ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, 253 ICU beds and 1,178 non-ICU beds were available.
Hospitalizations for the disease generally dropped for about 13 weeks and appear to have plateaued somewhat, with slight increases over recent days.
The total number of patients hospitalized in Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 cases was 615 on Monday, up from 611 on Sunday 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 185 on Monday, about the same as Sunday but far below the record high of 1,183 on Jan. 11.
Arizonans with confirmed and suspected COVID-19 on ventilators tallied 78 on Monday, down from 91 on Sunday and well below the record high 821 reached on Jan. 13.
Tuesday’s numbers
Reported cases in Arizona: 860,169. Cases since the outbreak began increased by 682 or 0.08%, from Monday’s 859,487 identified cases. These daily cases are grouped by the date they are reported to the state health department, not by the date the tests were administered.
Cases by county: 535,436 in Maricopa, 114,956 in Pima, 51,105 in Pinal, 37,056 in Yuma, 22,607 in Mohave, 18,636 in Yavapai, 17,677 in Coconino, 16,153 in Navajo, 11,893 in Cochise, 11,299 in Apache, 7,914 in Santa Cruz, 6,869 in Gila, 5,544 in Graham, 2,454 in La Paz and 570 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The Navajo Nation reported 30,435 cases and 1,263 confirmed deaths in total as of Friday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
Deaths by county: 9,840 in Maricopa, 2,391 in Pima, 868 in Pinal, 830 in Yuma, 711 in Mohave, 527 in Navajo, 501 in Yavapai, 426 in Apache, 329 in Coconino, 284 in Cochise, 227 in Gila, 175 in Santa Cruz, 80 in La Paz, 77 in Graham and 10 in Greenlee.