Arizona reports more than 11,000 new cases for third straight day

PHOENIX — Arizona remains a national COVID-19 hot spot, with health officials on Sunday reporting more than 11,000 new cases for the third consecutive day and 105 more deaths.

That pushed the state’s grim figures to 618,546 cases and 10,141 deaths since the pandemic began.

Arizona Department of Health Services officials reported 11,021 new COVID-19 cases Sunday. There were 11,650 cases and 197 more deaths reported Friday and 11,094 additional cases and 98 deaths Saturday.

As of Saturday, Arizona had the secondhighest coronavirus case rate and death rate per capita nationally in the past seven days.