PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona on Friday reported 571 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 24 more deaths as the number of virus-related hospitalizations remained fairly stable.
There were 626 COVID-19 patients occupying inpatient rooms as of Thursday, up from 628 as of Wednesday but only a fraction of the pandemic high of 5,082 on Jan. 11, according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard.
The state’s pandemics increased to 838,558 cases and 16,898 cases.
The additional cases reported Friday was four times as many as on Thursday but Arizona’s s seven-day rolling averages of daily new cases and daily deaths declined over the past two weeks, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
The daily new cases rolling average dropped from 1,364 on March 10 to 483 on Wednesday while the daily deaths rolling average deaths dropped from 46 to 33.
The number of infections is thought to be far higher than reported because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick.
