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COVID-19 case numbers have begun falling nationwide, and the same can be said at the University of Arizona, where last week's test positivity rate was 1.18% – down from 2% the previous week.
However, the state of Arizona still has the highest infection rate in the nation, and improving numbers are not a sign that people should let up on public health precautions such as mask wearing and physical distancing, UArizona President
Robert C. Robbins said Monday during his weekly virtual briefing on the university's COVID-19 status.
The national seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 infections, as reported by The Washington Post, is 46 per 100,000 people. In Arizona, it's 74 per 100,000 people – down from 100 the previous week. In Pima County, it's 66 in 100,000, and the county's Rt number – which refers to the number of people typically infected by a single person with the virus – is 0.73.