Dr. Gabriele Zanolini, director of the main covidic ward of the Mellino Mellini Hospital, cares for a patient at the COVID-19 emergency room in Chiari, northern Italy, on Monday, March 8, 2021. The 160th Hospital beds in the city of Chiari, in the valley of the river Po, has no more beds for patients affected by the highly contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in Britain and which has now put on high alert the hospitals of the northern province of Brescia. (Photo AP / Luca Bruno)
This is a regularly updated story with the latest information on coronavirus and its impact in Arizona and beyond March 9, 2021.
PHOENIX – Arizona public health officials reported Tuesday that no new coronavirus deaths occurred for the second day in a row, the first time since Oct. 11-12.
The number of COVID-19 cases reported recently was 563, the smallest daily update since November 9 and the first time it was below 1,000 consecutive days from a stretch from October 21 to 24. .
The state’s documented total was updated to 827,800 coronavirus infections and 16,326 fatalities, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services ’COVID-19 board.
The total number of deaths was reduced by two due to the coincidence of the death certificate, the said the department.
The key metrics used to assess the severity of the pandemic in the state are the lowest they have been in months.
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 confirmed or suspected in state hospitals increased overnight Monday to six to 925, the second lowest since Nov. 1. The number of beds used by patients with COVID-19 decreased to 255, the lowest since Nov. 6.
Arizona’s weekly positivity percentage for diagnostic tests for COVID-19, an indicator of how widespread the virus is in the community, is at a minimum of five months.
Of the 75,656 people tested last week, 5% received a positive result, the lowest positivity percentage since early October. The rate of 2,324 people this week was 7%.
Official positivity rates are based on when samples are taken, not when they are reported, so the percentage in recent weeks may fluctuate as labs catch up on testing. and the state documents the results.
Daily updates from the Arizona Department of Health present case, death, and test data after the state receives and confirms statistics, which can be delayed for several days or more. They do not represent the actual activity during the last 24 hours.
Hospitalization data released each morning is reported electronically the previous evening to hospitals across the state, as required by executive order.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has no impact on some people and is severely debilitating or deadly to others. Infected people without symptoms (which include, but are not limited to, cough, fever, and difficulty breathing) are able to spread the virus.
Diagnostic tests are available at hundreds of sites across Arizona and should be looked for by anyone with symptoms or who may have been exposed to an infected person. Information on locations, times, and registration can be found on the Department of Health Services website.
For details on the state availability of COVID-19 vaccines, the ADHS website has a vaccine search page with a site map and information on registration and eligibility.
The following are the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic across the state, the country and the world:
- Maricopa County is allocating its first batch of some 34,000 Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccines to essential workers in the Phoenix area.
- The Navajo nation reported 12 new cases of coronavirus and 14 additional deaths, bringing the total to 29,887 documented infections, including two delayed reported cases, and 1,204 fatalities.
- The Arizona Department of Health Services reported that 2,197,376 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the state, a day-to-day increase of 46,480, with 1,412,740 people (19.7% of the population of the state) who have received at least one shot.
- Visits to Grand Canyon National Park dropped millions last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The state health department has launched a program aimed at vaccinating COVID-19 in underserved populations.
- Globally, there were about 117.27 million cases of COVID-19 and 2.6 million deaths as of Tuesday morning, according to research from Johns Hopkins University. U.S. figures were about 29.05 million cases and 526,000 deaths.