ARIZONA NEWS

Arizona has another day with more than 20 deaths from coronavirus

Apr 22, 2020, 9:05 AM | Updated: 1:53 pm

PHOENIX — For the second consecutive day, Arizona health officials reported more than 20 new deaths from coronavirus on Wednesday morning.

The state case total increased by 208 to 5,459, and the death count climbed by 21 to 229.

There have been 56,601 tests given, an increase of 1,449 from the previous day.

The Arizona Department of Health Services has been providing daily case and testing updates on its website each morning. The report was expanded earlier this month to include additional details about deaths and hospital capacity plus a ZIP code map of cases. (Check your ZIP code in the chart below.)

More COVID-19 dashboard enhancements were made Monday, including larger graphics, additional information about hospitalizations and deaths, and extra demographic details.

The state reported 5,251 cases and 208 deaths, with 55,152 tests given, on Tuesday morning.

Later Tuesday, Chandler nursing home Pennington Gardens revealed it had 28 positive tests for coronavirus and 13 deaths among residents.

The number of cases in Maricopa County, the state’s most-populous region, increased by 108 to 2,846 on Wednesday, according to the state report.

The Phoenix-area death total increased by 14 to 97, according to the state.

Of the Arizonans who have died from COVID-19, 168 were age 65 or older, 81% of the total. Thirty-six deaths were age 55-64, 18 were 45-54 and seven were 20-44.

All but three of the deaths reported Wednesday were people age 65 or older.

Testing for COVID-19 remains limited because of a national and local supply shortage. Health officials have prioritized at-risk populations, people showing serious symptoms and health care workers for getting tested. In most cases, a positive diagnosis won’t change a patient’s treatment plan.

Coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, 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.

Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 44,575 deaths from more than 802,000 COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday’s daily U.S. update.

According to data compiled and regularly updated by Johns Hopkins University, there were more than 2.6 million cases and over 182,000 deaths globally as of Wednesday afternoon.

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Arizona has another day with more than 20 deaths from coronavirus