Arizona: More Than 1K New COVID-19 Cases For 7th Day In A Row
Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 1,508 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death.
It marked the seventh consecutive day with at least 1,000 cases, the longest such streak since early March.
The latest numbers pushed the state’s totals to 917,168 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than a year ago and 18,171 deaths.
On Saturday, Arizona had reported 1,528 new cases and 26 more deaths.
Health officials said hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have been on the rise, with unvaccinated people accounting for almost all of the serious illnesses.
Since March, people who are not fully vaccinated made up 98% of deaths and 94% of hospitalizations. Those not fully vaccinated make up 89% of cases to date.
Arizona Public Health Executive Director Will Humble says he expects the daily case numbers to keep increasing, but not to the degree of last winter’s deadly surge and COVID-19-related hospitalizations.
"People over 65 have really done a good job in getting vaccinated, so our vaccination rates among the people that are most likely to end up hospitalized or dying are actually pretty good," said Humble.
The state’s coronavirus dashboard also showed that more than 6.7 million vaccine doses have been administered in the state.
Over 3.7 million people — 51.5% of the state’s population — having received at least one shot and more than 3.3 million people are fully vaccinated.
