COVID-19 ICU care at Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix.
“It's a delicate balance that we do all the time during winter, it's a little bit more complicated, of course, now during COVID-19 season,” Bessel said. “But our intent is to make sure we manage it adequately so we can take care of all of you, both COVID and non-COVID needs.”
More contagious COVID-19 variant identified in Arizona
Although COVID-19 cases are declining, the emergence of the virus’ more contiguous mutations could cause a worsening spread in the future.
Coronavirus variants from the UK, South Africa and Brazil have been discovered in the U.S. In Arizona, at least three test samples have come back positive for the presence of the UK variant, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.