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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.
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PHOENIX Many employees in Arizona’s second-largest county may be put on furlough for the next three weeks as Pima County tries to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 within county departments.
County officials said that starting Monday, about 20% of the county’s 7,000 employees will be under a stay-at-home order through Jan. 10.
The county, that includes the Tucson metro area, has reported more than 320 coronavirus cases among employees since the pandemic began with more than 60 cases occurring in the last two weeks.
The Arizona Daily Star also reported Sunday that Tucson Medical Center is canceling elective surgeries starting Monday.
The hospital’s Chief Operating Officer Mimi Coomler and Chief Medical Officer Amy Beiter said in a letter to employees that they were halting elective surgeries until Jan. 4 “to address the constrained nursing, clinical and medical staff.”
With more than 7,600 new cases reported today, the number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus cases jumped by nearly 19,000 over the weekend and now stands higher than 461,000 as of Monday, Dec. 21, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County, which reported 1,244 new cases today, has seen 60,360 of the stateâs 461,345 confirmed cases.
A total of 7,972 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 905 deaths in Pima County, according to the Dec. 21 report.Â
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. 20, 3,925 COVID patients were hospitalized in the state, slightly lower than the new record of 4,014 set on Dec. 18. The previous peak of 3,517 hospitalized COVID patients was set on July 13; that number hit a subsequent low of 468 on Sept. 27.
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