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With 939 new cases reported today, the total number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus cases closed in on 813,000 as of Thursday, Feb. 25, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County, which reported 180 new cases today, has seen 108,952 of the stateâs 812,907 confirmed cases.
With 121 new deaths reported today, a total of 15,814 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 2,202 deaths in Pima County, according to the Feb. 25 report.
The number of hospitalized COVID cases statewide has declined in recent weeks, with 1,385 coronavirus patients in the hospital as of Feb. 24. Thatâs less than a third 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.
Advertisement: However, high schools and middle schools do not have this option as they are required by the state to show 720 hours of instruction through their bell schedules. Trujillo also confirmed that TUSD would be receiving $76.4 million in ESSER funds through the CARES Act, which he said would be invested in their “students’ academic recovery efforts” as well as “all COVID-related expenditures,” including masks, hand sanitizer, plexiglass, a new learning management system and possible upgrades to HVAC systems. Trujillo said the board would discuss the proposed three-year spending plan at upcoming meetings. Other school districts are also working toward resuming more on-campus activity as COVID cases in Pima County continue to decline from the winter surge.
Chicago 14-Year-Old with Three College Degrees Founds Her Own Company
20 Feb 2021
A Chicago teenager who received her associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees all before the age of 14 has founded her own company to encourage students to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM).
Dorothy Jean Tillman had a thirst for knowledge that began at a very young age.
“For me, I had always been really advanced and I was enrolled in a gifted kids’ school where I may be at the fourth-grade level doing sixth to eighth-grade work on a daily basis,” Tillman told WGN.