A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 5,854 new COVID-19 cases and 35 more deaths. The latest numbers increase the state’s overall totals to 408,442 cases and 7,57 known deaths. Arizona Department of Health Services officials on Saturday reported 77 deaths and 8,076 more coronavirus cases, one of the state’s largest daily case figures since the pandemic began.
The case total eclipsed Friday’s report of 6,983 that ranked as the third largest daily case report, behind 12,314 on Tuesday and 10,322 on Dec. 1. According to the state’s coronavirus dashboard, COVID-19 hospitalizations as of Friday reached 3,534, up from 3,482 on Thursday and topping the summer surge’s high of 3,517 on July 13.
Navajo Nation health officials have reported 203 new COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths as they implement a weekend-long lockdown for reservation residents. As of Saturday night, the tribe has now reported 19,420 cases and 718 known deaths since the pandemic began.
Navajo Department of Health officials said more than 181,000 people on the vast reservation that includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah have been tested for COVID-19 and over 10,000 have recovered.
The lockdown that began at 8 p.m. Friday will require everyone on the reservation except essential workers to stay at home. All businesses are required to remain closed until the locldown ends at 5:30 a.m. Monday.
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