State data: Arizona continues to rank highest nationwide for its weekly COVID-19 case and death rates.
Arizona continued to rank highest nationwide for its weekly COVID-19 case and death rates as the state reported 5,321 new cases and one new known death on Monday.
Arizona’s seven-day, new-case average ranked first among all states on Sunday after ranking first and second for much of January, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker.
Arizona’s rate of new positive cases over the last seven days was 95.1 cases per 100,000 people, per the CDC. The U.S. average for new cases is 52.6 cases per 100,000 people.
The state’s average daily COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people over the past seven days also ranked first in the nation as of Sunday, per the CDC.
Arizona on Friday surpassed 12,000 known deaths from the virus, just one week after it passed 11,000, which came six days after the state reported 10,000 deaths. Arizona’s first known death from the disease occurred in midMarch.
The Arizona data dashboard shows 91% of all ICU beds and 90% of all inpatient beds in the state were in use Sunday, with 57% of ICU beds and 49% of non-ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, 161 ICU beds and 867 non-ICU beds were available.
Hospitalizations for the disease have been dropping slightly over the last one to two weeks, but remain at very high levels. The number of patients hospitalized in Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 cases was at 4,229 on Sunday, 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 1,027 on Sunday, below the record high of 1,183 on Jan. 11.
Arizonans with confirmed and suspected COVID-19 on ventilators tallied 702 on Sunday, below the record-high 821 reached on Jan. 13.
Sunday saw 1,834 patients in the emergency room for COVID-19, 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 5,321 new cases brought the total number of identified COVID-19 cases in the state to 727,895. As of Monday, 12,239 Arizonans are known to have died from the disease, according to the data dashboard from ADHS.
Monday’s numbers
Reported cases in Arizona: 727,895. Cases since the outbreak began increased by 5,321, or 0.74%, from Sunday’s 722,574 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: 452,925 in Maricopa, 97,474 in Pima, 39,842 in Pinal, 34,422 in Yuma, 18,398 in Mohave, 15,838 in Yavapai, 14,844 in Coconino, 14,066 in Navajo, 10,216 in Cochise, 9,229 in Apache, 7,312 in Santa Cruz, 5,805 in Gila, 4,833 in Graham, 2,183 in La Paz and 508 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The Navajo Nation reported 27,484 cases and 973 confirmed deaths in total as of Sunday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Tribal leaders on Friday halted weekend lockdowns after Jan. 25, citing a downward trajectory in new COVID-19 cases. A stay-at-home order and nightly curfew remained in effect.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 9,108 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Friday, including 1,813 in Yuma, 1,760 in Tucson, 1,282 in Eyman and 1,126 in Douglas; 43,410 inmates statewide have been tested. A total of 2,363 prison staff members have self-reported testing positive, the department said. Thirty incarcerated people in Arizona have been confirmed to have died of COVID-19, with 17 additional deaths under investigation.
Deaths by county: 6,951 in Maricopa, 1,611 in Pima, 673 in Yuma, 546 in Pinal, 488 in Mohave, 412 in Navajo, 356 in Yavapai, 293 in Apache, 261 in Coconino, 208 in Cochise, 179 in Gila, 140 in Santa Cruz, 64 in Graham, 51 in La Paz and six in Greenlee.