The pandemic is getting worse, with another week of record-breaking COVID-19 metrics â or measurements that health experts use to gauge the severity of the pandemic.
Case counts in Pima County have never been higher and hospital capacity has never been lower across the state.
But the avalanche of coronavirus statistics, charts and graphics might make it more difficult for many people to know which metrics matter most.
âThere is no magic metric,â said Kacey Ernst, an epidemiologist at the University of Arizonaâs Zuckerman College of Public Health. âYou need to have multiple metrics.â
Each one tells us something different, but public-health officials look to certain ones to make decisions and recommendations.