21, 2020, still remain among the worst in the country. The state's overall COVID-19 death and case rates since Jan. It shows the state's percent positivity peaked at 24.2% in December.Ī positivity rate of 5% or less is considered a good benchmark that the disease's spread is under control. Johns Hopkins University calculates Arizona's seven-day moving average of percent positives at 7.9% as of Friday. Weekly percent positivity statewide peaked at 25% in December. It was 11% for the week of July 11, 13% for the week of July 18 and 15% so far for the week of July 25. It's been increasing in recent weeks, a sign of more community spread.įor most of May and June, Arizona's percent positivity was at 5% but increased to 6% for the weeks of June 20 and June 27 and 9% for the week of July 4, according to the state, which has a unique way of calculating percent positivity. Percent positivity, which refers to the percent of COVID-19 diagnostic tests that are positive, varies somewhat based on how it's measured. The average had reached as high as 9,800 in January, according to state data.Īrizona's seven-day death rate per 100,000 people ranked 13th in the nation as of Thursday, up from 15th last week, according to the CDC.
The seven-day case average has been around the highest it's been since late February. The state's seven-day average for new reported COVID-19 cases was at 1,577 on Friday, compared with 898 two weeks earlier. 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 18th on Thursday among all states and territories after ranking first and second for much of January and then lower since, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 Data Tracker.Īrizona's seven-day case rate per 100,000 people ranked 51st among 60 states and territories on March 28, but its rank has fluctuated.
Previous days this week saw the following new case reports: 1,528 on July 24, 1,508 on July 25, 1,441 on July 26, 1,475 on July 27, 1,361 on July 28 and 1,759 on July 29.ĭeath reports for the past week were: 26 on July 24, one on July 25, zero on July 26, 12 on July 27, two on July 28 and 15 on July 29. There were 1,072 patients hospitalized across Arizona for known or suspected COVID-19 as of Thursday, the most since the start of March.įriday's new case report marked the highest daily addition of new cases since March 5. On Friday, the state reported 1,965 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new known deaths as hospitalizations for the disease have recently increased. View Gallery: Anti-vaccination protesters rally at Capitol in PhoenixĪrizona COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise and there is high virus transmission across most of the state, with health experts pointing to the growing spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
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