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Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Monday, Jan. 18: Pima County opens new vaccination site at Kino Stadium; Pima County on track for worst month yet; Total number of cases statewide jumps by 21K during weekend; Hospital pressure remains high


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Huckelberry said last week saw some easing of pressure in county hospitals, with a 15 percent drop in COVID patients and a total of 633 COVID patients in local hospital beds.
While the number of Intensive Care Unit beds in use had dropped by 6 percent, only 20 ICU beds, or 5 percent of total capacity, remained available as of Friday. A total of 216 COVID patients were in ICU beds (accounting for 60 percent of ICU beds). Nearly two-thirds of ventilators in use 63 percent were by COVID patients.
Pima County rolling out vaccinations
Today, the county will open a vaccine site at the Kino Sports Complex. Vaccine administration, operated by Banner University Medicine, will take place in a drive-thru at the parking lot to the south of the stadium. The site is expected to provide 1,600 vaccinations per day, according to the county. ....

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Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Thursday, Jan. 14: Nearly 1 in 10 Arizonans has COVID; Pima County unveils vaccination plan; AZ cases nears 650K; Hospital strain continues to grow; Tucson Jazz Fest canceled


With more than 7,300 new cases reported today, the number of Arizona’s confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 649,000 as of Thursday, Jan 14, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County, which reported 1,089 new cases today, has seen 86,345 of the state’s 649,040 confirmed cases.
A total of 10,855 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 1,362 deaths in Pima County, according to the Jan. 14 report.
The number of hospitalized COVID cases statewide continues to soar as the virus has begun to spread more rapidly, putting stress on Arizona’s hospitals and surpassing July peaks. ADHS reported that as of Jan. 13, 4,930 COVID patients were hospitalized in the state, a slight drop from yesterday’s 5,055. 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, or less than a tenth of the current count.  ....

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Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Thursday, Jan. 14: Nearly 1 in 10 Arizonans Now Has COVID; Pima County Unveils Vaccination Plan; AZ Total Number of Cases Closes in on 650K; Hospital Strain Continues To Grow; Tucson Jazz Fest Canceled


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As Pima County prepares to provide COVID-19 vaccines to a much wider segment of the population this week with a limited number of vaccines on hand, the county health department has announced its plan to prioritize the vaccination of specific segments of the hundreds of thousands of individuals who qualify.
“We are in a very vaccine-constrained environment right now, but we do not want to be in an administrative and distribution constrained environment,” County Health Director Dr. Theresa Cullen said at a press conference today. “So we challenged ourselves - it was only 10 days ago - to figure out how to give 300,000 vaccines in three months.” ....

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