Arizona reports 3,539 coronavirus cases, seven more deaths
Apr 12, 2020, 9:08 AM | Updated: 11:00 am
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
PHOENIX — The Arizona health department reported an increase of 146 positive coronavirus tests and seven deaths in its daily report Sunday morning.
The state’s totals during the COVID-19 outbreak are now 3,539 cases and 115 deaths, with 42,109 tests given.
The Arizona Department of Health Services has been providing daily case and testing updates on its website each morning.
The state reported 3,393 cases and 108 deaths, with 40,530 tests given, on Saturday morning.
The number of cases in Maricopa County, the state’s most-populous and hardest-hit county, increased by 69 to 1,960 on Sunday, according to the state report.
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On Thursday afternoon, the Arizona health department announced it would start reporting additional data about coronavirus cases on Sunday, including zip code locations.
The extra information will also include race/ethnic background, age and gender of those who have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Because of a shortage of supplies, health officials have prioritized at-risk populations and people showing serious symptoms for getting tested. In most cases, a positive diagnosis won’t change a patient’s treatment plan.
For most people, coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.
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Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 18,559 deaths from 492,416 COVID-19 cases as of Saturday’s daily update.
According to data compiled and regularly updated by Johns Hopkins University, there were more than 1.79 million cases and around 110,000 deaths globally as of Sunday morning.
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