With 670 new cases reported today, the total number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus cases neared 847,000 as of Thursday, April 8, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County, which reported 122 new cases today, has seen 113,375 of the stateâs 846,900 confirmed cases.
With 32 new deaths reported this morning, a total of 17,055 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 2,366 deaths in Pima County, according to the April 8 report.
A total of 541 coronavirus patients were in the hospital as of April 7. Thatâs roughly 10.5% of the number hospitalized at the peak of the winter surge, which reached 5,082 on Jan. 11. The summer peak was 3,517, which was set on July 13, 2020. The subsequent lowest number of hospitalized COVID patients was 468, set on Sept. 27, 2020.
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