Climbing COVID-19 and flu cases are prompting a leading Arizona health system to pause elective surgeries, as some state hospitals run low on patient beds.
Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 3,820 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths as the pandemic’s latest surge maintained its grip on the state.
While new data shows Arizona has nearly 30,000 COVID-19 breakthrough cases, the Department of Health says the vaccine is still the best safety measure to avoid winding up in a hospital bed.
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With the sun overhead, the sound of traffic nearby and a brisk start to the morning, driving past HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center Thursday practically seemed like any other January day.
Unless you work behind the hospital walls. With COVID volumes right now, what they are in the hospital, my average day, we would have several transfers to the ICU, said Sandy Mazzio, the clinical director of nursing for the COVID-19 care unit at the HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center. Probably one-to-three deaths a day currently.