Maricopa County receives 0 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week as the state reaches the vaccine milestone

PHOENIX, AZ – Maricopa County received zero doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week from the Arizona Department of Health Services, according to county officials.

Maricopa County uses the Pfizer vaccine at its POD locations throughout the valley.

The county says they have only enough doses of Pfizer at hand to honor POD appointments by Feb. 12. They even added that they will not cancel any meeting.

“Everyone recognizes that this is a shared supply issue that we need to address together. ADHS is committed to keeping Maricopa County’s PIC running at its current capacity, providing doses based on its supply needs,” county officials said.

The county says they have received 20,000 doses of Moderna vaccine which is distributed to pharmacies and other health partners and works on the logistics of daily reallocation between state and county.

Meanwhile, Public Health continues to focus on planning multiple events using the Modern Vaccine and providing local pharmacies to serve those in Prioritized Phase 1A and 1B, the county added.

All this because Arizona hit a new milestone on Friday. The state administered more doses of COVID-19 vaccine than those who tested positive.

Arizona will soon report 14,000 deaths in the state related to COVID-19, according to state data from the Arizona Department of Health Services.

ADHS reported another 196 deaths on Friday, bringing the total death toll to just under 14,000 to 13,948.

ABC15 analyst Garrett Archer found that in the last month, the state has had 22 days with a death rate of over 100, of which 11 were over 200.