Lee Cherry Booth, a public health nurse at the Salt Lake County Health Department, tests for coronavirus outside the Salt Lake County Health Department on Friday, October 23, 2020 in Salt Lake City. Utah set another ominous record by registering the most confirmed coronavirus cases in a single day, as the state government struggles to slow the months-long growth of Covid-1, which is filling up intensive care beds in hospitals. Gov. Gary Herbert warned in a statement that the state was “on the brink” and once again urged people to adhere to the mask mandates in most of the state’s counties. (AP Photo / Rick Baumer)
Saturday, October 24, is a regularly updated story about the latest information, news and updates about coronavirus in Arizona and beyond.
PHOENIX – Arizona health officials reported 890 new coronavirus cases and four additional deaths Saturday morning.
A total of 236,772 Covid-19 infections and 5,869 casualties have been reported in the state, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
The main metrics about the severity of the Arizona epidemic have dropped dramatically since the summer peaks, but cases and hospitalization are trending upwards this month.
The four-day series ended on Saturday with at least 900 new cases reported.
The number of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 hospitalized patients in Arizona on Friday is Oct Oct. 39.7% higher than 1, 819 on Friday, when it was 586.
The number of Covid-19 patients in the ICU bed has risen to 191, up 52.8% from 1 October, when it was 125.
Of the two reported on July 13, 355 patients and 970 ICU patients were hospitalized under high levels of the epidemic.
Arizona’s weekly percentage positivity for the Covid-19 diagnostic test, which is an indicator of how much the virus has spread in the community, is at a pace seen over the past two months.
For the 49,841 tests recorded since Sunday, the positivity rate was 6%, the highest since 8% in the week beginning with the highest gust. At the end of June, the rate was as high as 20%.
Weekly rates are based on when samples are taken, not when they are reported, so percentages can fluctuate in recent weeks as labs are caught in the tests and the results are documented by the state.
The seven-day rolling average of cases reported on Friday was 913.71, up 90.4% from the average of 480 on October 1, according to the Associated Press tracking.
The seven-day average of newly reported deaths, however, is 39.1% lower than that at the beginning of the month. It was 8.43 on Friday and is below 12 every day since 5 Oct. On October 1, it was 16.43.
The seven-day average remains well below the peaks of 3,844 cases on July 6 and 94 deaths on July 30.
Daily reports from the Arizona Department of Health state, after receiving statistics and confirming them, present case, death, and test data, which can be delayed for several days or more. They do not represent the actual activity of the last 24 hours.
Hospital hospitalization data posted every morning is reported by hospitals the previous evening.
As cases skyrocketed in June, local governments in many parts of Arizona – including all of Maricopa County – enforced face mask requirements, and the government issued a statewide executive order to close certain businesses and ban the restaurant business.
The spread of COVID-19 slowed down after those measures were taken. All Arizona counties have since hit the benchmark set by the Department of Health that allows closed industries to reopen under capacity restrictions and other regulations.
Covid-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has no effect on some people and is severely debilitating or fatal to others. Infected people without symptoms – including but not limited to coughing, fever and shortness of breath – are capable of spreading the virus.
Below is Saturday Recent developments regarding coronavirus epidemics in the state, country and around the world:
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