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This is a regularly updated story with the latest information about coronavirus and its impact in Arizona and not just for January 31, 2021.
PHOENIX – Arizona health officials reported 5,025 new coronavirus cases and 22 additional deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday.
The state’s documented totals moved to 758,404 infections and 13,120 deaths, according to the Arizona Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard.
Since Saturday’s update to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Arizona has continued to lead the nation in average per capita cases over the past seven days and has slipped behind Alabama to No. 2 in deaths.
Key measures indicate that the massive growth in Arizona, which began in November, has peaked, reflecting national trends, but the virus remains spread across the state.
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 confirmed or suspected in Arizona fell to 3,664 on Saturday, the lowest since December 13.
Nationally, patients with COVID-19 took over 42% of all inpatient beds on Saturday and 54% of all intensive care beds. In total, hospital beds were 90% full, and intensive care beds were at 91% capacity.
The weekly positive percentage in Arizona for testing for the diagnosis of COVID-19, an indicator of how widespread the virus is in the community, has declined, but remains at a substantial level.
Of the 97,009 people tested so far this week, 16% received a positive result, which would be the fourth consecutive weekly decline. For 154,860 people tested last week, the positive rate is 19%.
Official positivity rates are based on the time of sampling, not the time they are reported, so the percentage in recent weeks may fluctuate as laboratories are tested and the results are documented by the state.
The seven-day average for coronavirus cases recently reported by the health department was 5,431.71 on Saturday, according to a follow-up by The Associated Press, the second lowest mark since December 5th. up to 132.57.
Daily state updates present case, death, and test data after the state receives and confirms statistics, which may remain for a few days or more. It is not the actual activity of the last 24 hours.
Hospitalization data posted each morning is reported electronically the previous evening by 100 hospitals across the state, as required by the executive order.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has no impact on some and is severely debilitating or fatal to others. Asymptomatic infected people – which include, but are not limited to, cough, fever, and difficulty breathing – are able to spread the virus.
Diagnostic testing is available in hundreds of locations in Arizona and should be looked for by anyone with symptoms or who could have been exposed to an infected person. Information about locations, programs and registration can be found on the website of the Department of Health Services.
The department also has a vaccine search page with a map of active and pending locations and registration information.
Below are the latest developments on Saturday about the coronavirus pandemic across the country, country and world:
- Globally, there have been approximately 102.67 million COVID-19 cases and 2.22 million deaths since Saturday morning, according to research from Johns Hopkins University. The figures for the US were about 26.07 million cases and 439,536 deaths.