Arizona reported more than 2,600 new cases of COVID-19 and 38 new deaths On Saturday, as highest cases across the country.
The new instances reported Saturday are the highest report in Arizona since August 1. For more than 3 days, the United States has registered more than 100,000 new instances consistent with the day for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Known COVID-19 cases in Arizona increased from 2,620 on Saturday to 257,384 and known deaths were 6,147, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services report. New cases have eclipsed 1,000 in 11 of the last 14 days.
Relatively high daily case reports have been reported in recent weeks as the virus spreads at its fastest pace in Arizona since June, although the number of cases is still well below the peak of summer.
New case rates in Arizona are lower than reported in 32 other states besides Guam and Puerto Rico, according to the COVID data tracker at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. in the last seven days 171. 4 on Friday, the CDC reports. By comparison, the Arizona rate 20. 5.
The accumulation of new instances of COVID-19 in the summer is an early indicator of more hospitalizations and deaths in the coming weeks.
Gov. Doug Ducey said last week that Arizonans “must remain on guard,” but did not announce new preventive measures, pointing to existing methods as capacity limits in places to eat.
On Friday, the number of patients hospitalized state-round for known or suspected cases of COVID-19 1,139, the highest number reported since August 18, exceeded 3,000.
The number of patients with coVID-19 suspected or known in Arizona’s extensive care sets was 249 on Friday, up from 250 on Thursday, well below what it was in July, when the extensive care beds used for COVID-19 reached 970.
The number of Arizonans with COVID-19 showed and suspected that the enthusiasts were 137 on Friday, compared to 138 on Thursday, which was the most enthusiasts they used on a day without getting married since September 3. As of mid-July, up to 687 patients across the country state with COVID-19 shown or suspected were in fans.
Friday’s marker shows 87% of hospital beds and 86% of the extensive care beds used, adding other people treated by COVID-19 and other patients. COVID-19 patients used 13% of all hospital beds and 15% of extensive care beds. 30% of enthusiasts were on duty.
The percentage positivity, which refers to the percentage of positive diagnostic tests for COVID-19, is slightly higher, which many fitness experts can be an early indicator of an increase in the disease.
Among the control effects known last week, the positivity rate is 7%, compared to 6% last week, depending on the state, which has an exclusive way to calculate the percentage of positivity. August, September and October, according to state data.
Johns Hopkins University calculates the seven-day moving average of Arizona’s percentage at 12. 9% on Saturday, showing that the state’s positivity rate has reached a relative plateau and now has an upward trend.
A 5% positivity rate is an intelligent reference to control the spread of the disease.
Cases reported in Arizona: 257384
Highest cases up to 2620, or 1. 03%, of the 254764 known cases on Friday since the outbreak began.
Case across the county: 165,702 in Maricopa, 30,066 in Pima, 14,377 in Yuma, 12768 in Pinal, 6,784 in Navajo, 5,773 in Coconino, 4,722 in Mohave, 4,127 in Apache, 3,276 in Yavapai, 3,110 in Santa Cruz, 2,381 in Cochise, 2,142 in Gila, 1,408 in Graham, 639 in La Paz and 109 in Greenlee, to indicate numbers.
The case rate of 100,000 inhabitants is in Yuma County, followed by Navajo, Santa Cruz and Apache counties. The rate in Yuma County is 6,252 cases consisting of 100,000 inhabitants. By comparison, the average rate in the United States is 2,895 cases consistent with 100,000 people, according to the CDC.
The Navajo Nation reported 12,288 cases and 591 showed deaths on Friday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. On Friday night, a curfew of five to six hours began on the weekend that runs until five a. m. what Navajo leaders say is an uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 in 29 communities.
“The increase in the out-of-control spread of COVID-19 in some communities is largely due to meetings outside the Navajo Nation and the circle of relatives,” Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer posted on their Facebook page. Friday afternoon.
The Arizona Department of Corrections said 2,650 inmates tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, adding 999 in Tucson; 41,196 detainees across the state were examined. A total of 818 criminal members reported positive positive, the state criminal branch said. Nineteen other people imprisoned in Arizona have died of COVID-19, with nine other deaths under investigation.
While race/ethnicity is unknown in 29% of all COVID-19 cases in the state, 30% of cases are Hispanic or Latino, 27% are white, 6% are Native American, 3% are black, and 1% are Asian/Pacific Islanders.
Of those who tested positive in Arizona since the start of the pandemic, 14% were under the age of 20, 48% were between the age of 20 and 44, 15% were between the age of forty-five and 54, 11% were between the age of 55 and 64, and 11% were over the age of 65.
Laboratories conducted 1,858,835 COVID-19 diagnostic tests, of which 10. 1% tested positive; this figure now includes either PCR and antigen testing. 4% for several weeks, depending on the condition. Last week it was 7%, up from 6% the previous week. Indicate numbers that draw knowledge from your mind from laboratories that do not speak electronically.
ADHS has begun to appear with probable cases like any with positive antigen control, some other type of existing infection control. Antigen controls (not similar to antibody controls) are a newer type of COVID-19 diagnostic control that uses nasal swab or other liquid pattern to check for infection. The effects occur regularly in 15 minutes.
A positive result of the antigen test is very accurate, but there is a greater threat of false negative results, according to the Mayo Clinic. Depending on the situation, Mayo Clinic officials say a doctor would possibly present a PCR (chain reaction through polymerosis) test to verify a negative result of the antigen check.
Arizona had the sixteenth overall infection rate in the country on Friday. North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Idaho, Utah, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, and Illinois are ahead of Arizona, according to the CDC.
Arizona’s infection rate is 3,524 cases consistent with 100,000 people, according to the CDC. The national average is 2,895 cases consisting of 100,000 inhabitants, rates in the most affected states at the beginning of the pandemic would possibly be underestimated due to the lack of evidence to be held in March and April.
Deaths in the county: 36 in Maricopa, 658 in Pima, 363 in Yuma, 256 in Navajo, 240 in Mohave, 231 in Pinal, 183 in Apache, 151 in Coconino, in Yavapai, 76 in Cochise, 74 in Gila, 66 in Santa Cruz, 31 in Graham, 18 years in La Paz and less than 3 in Greenlee.
The elderly and the elderly accounted for 4,386 of the 6,147 deaths, or 71%. Subsequently, 16% of deaths occurred in the 55- to 64-year-old age group, 7% aged 45 to 54, and 6% aged 20 to 44.
Although race/ethnicity is unknown in 11% of deaths, 42% of those who died were white, 30% were Hispanic or Latino, 11% were Native Americans, 3% were black, and 1% were Asian/Pacific Islanders, knowledge of the show state.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the United States had the highest death toll in all countries in the world, 236178, according to Johns Hopkins University. The total of 6147 deaths in Arizona accounted for 2. 6% of COVID deaths. -19 in the United States on Saturday.
Arizona’s COVID-19 mortality rate is 84 consistent with another 100,000 people on Friday, according to the CDC, ranking ninth in the country in a state ranking separating New York and New York State. The U. S. average is 71 deaths consistent with another 100,000 people. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Behind New York City, with 286 deaths consistent with 100,000 inhabitants, the CDC placed mortality rates ahead of Arizona, including New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Louisiana, Rhode Island, Mississippi, and the District of Columbia.
Alison Steinbach, a journalist from Republic, contributed to the report.
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