With more than 5,800 new cases reported today, the number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus cases now stands higher than 467,000 as of Tuesday, Dec. 22, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County, which reported 984 new cases today, has seen 61,344 of the stateâs 467,215 confirmed cases.
A total of 8,125 Arizonans had died after contracting COVID-19, including 938 deaths in Pima County, according to the Dec. 22 report.
The number of hospitalized COVID cases statewide continues to soar as the virus has begun to spread more rapidly, putting stress on Arizonaâs hospitals and surpassing July peaks. ADHS reported that as of Dec. 21, a record number of 4,019 COVID patients were hospitalized in the state. The summer peak of 3,517 hospitalized COVID patients was set on July 13; that number hit a subsequent low of 468 on Sept. 27.