Arizona reports 1,074 new cases, 14 deaths
Arizona reported 1,074 new COVID-19 cases and 14 new known deaths Saturday, continuing trends of relative plateaus over recent weeks.
Arizona’s seven-day case rate per 100,000 people ranked 42nd on Friday 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.
Arizona’s seven-day death rate per 100,000 people ranked 21st in the nation as of Friday, 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 Friday, 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 172 deaths per 100,000 people as of Friday, the CDC said.
New York City has the highest death rate, at 387 deaths per 100,000 people.
Arizona’s case rate per 100,000 people since the pandemic began also ranks sixth nationwide as of Friday.
Arizona’s newly reported 14 deaths brought the known COVID-19 death count to 17,338.
The state surpassed 17,000 deaths on April 7, after passing 16,000 deaths on March 2, 15,000 deaths on Feb. 17, 14,000 deaths on Feb. 6 and 13,000 deaths on Jan. 29, just one week after it passed 12,000 and two weeks after 11,000 deaths.
A total of 863,571 COVID-19 cases have been identified across the state.
The Arizona data dashboard shows 85% of all ICU beds and 88% of all inpatient beds in the state were in use Friday, with 11% of ICU beds and 7% of nonICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, 255 ICU beds and 989 non-ICU beds were available.
The total number of patients hospitalized in Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 cases was 635 on Friday, up from 618 on Thursday 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 187 on Friday, slightly below 189 on Thursday but far below the record high of 1,183 on Jan. 11.
Arizonans with confirmed and suspected COVID-19 on ventilators tallied 85 on Friday, about the same as Thursday and well below the record high 821 reached on Jan. 13.
Friday saw 959 patients in Arizona emergency rooms 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.
Saturday’s numbers
Reported cases in Arizona: 863,571. Cases since the outbreak began increased by 1,074 or 0.1%, from Friday’s 862,497 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: 537,899 in Maricopa, 115,239 in Pima, 51,392 in Pinal, 37,088 in Yuma, 22,678 in Mohave, 18,718 in Yavapai, 17,730 in Coconino, 16,204 in Navajo, 11,913 in Cochise, 11,317 in Apache, 7,919 in Santa Cruz, 6,893 in Gila, 5,549 in Graham, 2,461 in La Paz and 571 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The Navajo Nation reported 30,501 cases and 1,280 confirmed deaths in total as of Thursday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 12,280 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Friday, including 2,241 in Tucson, 2,031 in Eyman, 2,014 in Yuma, 1,303 in Lewis and 1,163 in Douglas; 46,665 inmates statewide have been tested. A total of 2,766 prison staff members have self-reported testing positive, the department said. Forty-three incarcerated people in Arizona have been confirmed to have died of COVID-19, with 12 additional deaths under investigation.
Deaths by county: 9,876 in Maricopa, 2,395 in Pima, 872 in Pinal, 833 in Yuma, 715 in Mohave, 532 in Navajo, 503 in Yavapai, 428 in Apache, 329 in Coconino, 284 in Cochise, 227 in Gila, 176 in Santa Cruz, 80 in La Paz, 78 in Graham and 10 in Greenlee.