Arizona reports 1,977 new COVID-19 cases, 176 more deaths Wednesday
Feb 10, 2021, 8:27 AM | Updated: 5:56 pm
A person receives a Covid-19 vaccination record card at a mass vaccination site in the parking lot of Six Flags on February 6, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)
(Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)
This is a regularly updated story with the latest information about the coronavirus and its impact in Arizona and beyond for Feb. 10, 2021.
PHOENIX – Arizona health officials on Wednesday reported 1,977 new coronavirus cases, the second-fewest in a day for 2021, and 176 additional deaths from COVID-19.
The state’s documented totals moved to 789,245 infections and 14,462 fatalities, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 dashboard.
The virus remains widespread across the state, although the surge that made Arizona the nation’s hot spot last month is receding, mirroring a trend seen across the nation.
COVID-19 hospitalizations and daily case averages are now lower than they were at the July peak of the state’s first wave, but the death pace remains higher.
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The number of Arizona’s confirmed or suspected COVID-19 inpatients fell to 2,589 on Tuesday, the fewest since Nov. 29. The number of ICU beds used by COVID-19 patients dipped to 763, the fewest since Dec. 7.
Statewide, COVID-19 patients took up 30% of all inpatient beds and 43% of all ICU beds on Tuesday. Overall, inpatient beds were at 89% of capacity and ICU beds at 88%.
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Arizona’s weekly percent positivity for COVID-19 diagnostic testing, an indicator of how much the virus is spreading in the community, has been cut in half in the last month.
Of the 106,364 people tested last week, 12% received a positive result. The positivity rate has declined every week since it peaked at 24% for the week starting Dec. 27.
The positive rate was 11% through 10,030 people tested this week.
Official positivity rates are based on when the samples are taken, not when they are reported, so the percentage for recent weeks can fluctuate as labs get caught up on testing and the results are documented by the state.
The seven-day average for the state health department’s newly reported coronavirus cases ticked up to 3,169.29 for Tuesday, according to tracking by The Associated Press, ending a two-week streak of daily declines.
The seven-day average of newly reported deaths hasn’t changed much since the start of February and was 132 for Tuesday.
In Tuesday’s update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Arizona ranked fourth in the nation for COVID-19 deaths per capita over the last seven days and 10th in cases.
The Arizona health department’s daily updates present case, death and testing data after the state receives statistics and confirms them, which can lag by several days or more. They don’t represent the actual activity over the past 24 hours.
The hospitalization data posted each morning is reported electronically the previous evening by 100 hospitals across the state, as required under executive order.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has no impact on some people and is seriously debilitating or fatal for others. Infected people without symptoms — which include but are not limited to cough, fever and difficulty breathing — are capable of spreading the virus.
Diagnostic testing is available at hundreds of locations across Arizona and should be sought out by anybody with symptoms or who may have been exposed to an infected person. Information about locations, schedules and registration can be found on the Department of Health Services website.
For more information about statewide vaccine availability, the ADHS website has a vaccine-finder page with a map of locations and information about registration.
Below are Wednesday’s latest developments about the coronavirus pandemic from around the state, country and world:
- The Navajo Nation reported 38 new coronavirus cases and 11 additional deaths, bringing the documented totals to 29,041 infections and 1,086 fatalities.
- About two months after vaccine distribution began in Arizona, the total amount of doses administered in the state passed a million, according to Gov. Doug Ducey.
- The Arizona Department of Health Services reported that 996,699 of the state’s 1,220,400 allocated COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of more than 42,000 from Tuesday.
- The University of Arizona has been tapped as the third state-run mass vaccination site, the first in southern Arizona.
- Globally, there were about 107.07 million COVID-19 cases and 2.34 million deaths as of Wednesday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University research. The figures for the U.S. were around 27.19 million cases and 468,000 deaths.
