In Arizona, 4M-plus COVID vaccine doses given

Arizona on Saturday said administration of COVID-19 vaccinations passed 4 million doses as the state reported 819 additional confirmed cases and 30 more deaths.

Over 2.5 million people — over one-third of the state’s population — have received at least one dose and over 1.6 million people are fully vaccinated, according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard.

“With vaccine supply approaching demand, we need everyone’s help to keep up this momentum and get to the point where everyone is protected against COVID-19,” said Dr. Cara Christ, state Department of Health Services director.

The state’s pandemic totals rose to 849,021 cases and 17,092 deaths, while virus-related hospitalizations continued to hover in the 500-600 range, according to the dashboard.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases rose over the past two weeks, from 504 on March 25 to 724.3 on Thursday, while the rolling average of daily deaths dropped from 29.6 to 12.3 during the same period, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

In other developments:

■ More than one-third of all Texans have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday.

The CDC reported 34.5 percent of the state’s residents, more than 114 million, have been given one vaccination and 20.5 percent, more than 68 million, have been fully vaccinated.

More than 2,600 newly confirmed or probable virus cases and 76 additional deaths due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, were reported Saturday by the state health department.

■ Nearly 6,900 new COVID-19 cases and 74 deaths due to the virus have been confirmed in Michigan.

The newly confirmed cases Saturday pushed the state’s total to more than 738,000 since the start of the pandemic, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported.

Michigan has the highest rate of new coronavirus infections in the U.S.