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This is a regularly updated story, with the latest information about coronavirus and its impact in Arizona and not only for December 27, 2020.
PHOENIX – Arizona health officials reported 1,296 new coronavirus cases and three additional deaths on Sunday.
The state’s documented totals rose to 494,337 COVID-19 infections and 8,427 deaths, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services dashboard.
Several COVID-19 values in Arizona were at or near pandemic highs.
The number of patients admitted to the COVID-19 hospital confirmed or suspected reached 4,190 on Saturday, after a decrease from the historical maximum of 4,226 on Thursday.
The number of COVID-19 patients in ICU state beds rose to 988, setting a record for the third time in four days.
At the national level, patients suspected or confirmed by COVID-19 took over 49% of all inpatient beds, down from a record 50% in the previous two days and 55% in all ICU beds.
Overall, hospital beds were 89% full and ICU beds were 90% full. The state had 177 unused beds on Saturday, 23 more than the day before.
The weekly positive percentage in Arizona for testing for the diagnosis of COVID-19, an indicator of the amount of the virus spreading in the community, was 22% through 87,461 tests this week. If maintained, it will break the 21% record for the week beginning June 28.
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 recently reported health department cases was 6,401.43 on Saturday, according to a follow-up by The Associated Press.
The seven-day average of newly reported COVID-19 deaths was 69.57 on Saturday, down for the fourth day in a row.
Daily 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.
Information on test locations can be found on the Arizona Department of Health Services website.
Below are the latest developments on Sunday about the coronavirus pandemic across the country, country and world:
- The Navajo nation reported 122 new cases of coronavirus and 10 additional deaths, bringing the documented totals to 22,277 infections and 777 deaths.
- President Donald Trump has not come closer to signing the COVID-19 aid and spending bill at the end of the year on Sunday, as millions of people lose their unemployment benefits, the government is heading for a closure of the pandemic and parliamentarians. they begged to act.
- Globally, there have been approximately 80.45 million COVID-19 cases and 1.75 million deaths since Sunday morning, according to research by Johns Hopkins University. The figures for the US were about 18.9 million cases and 331,930 deaths.