Arizona Breaks Daily COVID-19 Records with 12,314 New Cases and 23 Deaths
December 10, 2020
A recent article by Ktar News reported a new spike of COVID-19 cases when Arizona health authorities recorded 12,314 new cases and 23 deaths on Tuesday.
Last week, Arizona also saw the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in months, with 3,157 inpatients and 744 people in ICU beds, according to Monday's reports.
The last spike of COVID-19 infections took place in July. Positivity rates increased by 21% at the end of June, and by July 6th, the seven-day case average was 3,844 cases. On July 13th, there were 3,517 inpatients, 970 people in the ICU units, and a positivity rate of 19%.
Most of these metrics were lowered to more stable levels during August and September, with positivity rates going down to 4% in early October. It was only during the first week of December that infection and hospitalization records started to climb. Monday's reports documented 5,575.14 new cases, a positivity rate of 18%, and a 69% increase of the seven-day death average.
While there were claims of delayed test results corresponding to the Thanksgiving weekend,
the Arizona Department of Health Services continues reporting daily count records.
Read the complete article here:
Arizona reports record 12,314 new coronavirus cases, 23 more deaths.
