The state's overall COVID-19 death and case rates since Jan. Johns Hopkins University calculates Arizona's seven-day moving average of percent positives at 12.5% as of Friday.Ī positivity rate of 5% or less is considered a good benchmark that the disease's spread is under control. The percentages are now for all diagnostic tests conducted, rather than for unique individuals tested, following a change to the state dashboard. It's been high in recent weeks, a sign of more community spread.įor most of December, Arizona's percent positivity for COVID-19 testing was at 11-13%, before rising to 22% for the week of Dec. Percent positivity, which refers to the percentage of COVID-19 diagnostic tests that are positive, varies somewhat based on how it's measured. The previous record before this surge was about 9,800 in January 2021, according to state data. The state's seven-day average for new reported COVID-19 cases was at 5,485 on Friday, compared with 10,572 a week ago and 18,208 two weeks ago. The omicron variant remains overwhelmingly dominant in Arizona, according to results from sequencing labs. The Arizona Republic generally recaps the state's daily numbers online in a COVID-19 updates blog and in a weekly recap story online on Thursdays or Fridays and in the newspaper on Sundays.Īrizona's seven-day case rate per 100,000 people ranked 14th among all states and territories on Thursday, according to the CDC's COVID-19 Data Tracker. 10.ĭeath reports for the past week were: 98 on Feb.
Previous days this past week saw the following new case reports: 8,243 on Feb.
Story continues Case rates and death reports Unvaccinated people in Arizona had a 4.1 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19, 24.4 times greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 and 57.9 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19 in December compared with fully vaccinated people, per state data. The vast majority of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are among people not fully vaccinated.ĭata from December show that 35.5% of cases, 20.5% of hospitalizations and 14.8% of COVID-19 deaths were among fully vaccinated people, and all the rest were unvaccinated people. The state in December began publicly disclosing data on breakthrough COVID-19 infections, and state officials say the data underscores the effectiveness of the vaccine. The state's overall pandemic death rate ranks third highest nationwide. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 28, which had come 17 days after it passed 23,000 deaths.Īrizona's seven-day COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 people ranked 10th in the nation out of all states and territories as of Thursday, according to data from the U.S. 13, 16 days after it reached 24,000 deaths on Dec.
The state surpassed 25,000 deaths on Jan. The number of known deaths in the state was 27,073 as of Friday, after passing 27,000 known deaths on Thursday and 26,000 deaths on Jan. Just 137 ICU beds were available across the state. On Thursday, 2,436 patients were hospitalized across Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19, still high but continuing a steady decrease over the past about two weeks.
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