Credit: Nick O'Gara/AZPM. Sources: The New York Times, based on reports from state and local health agencies, Census Bureau. Case reports do not correspond to day of test.
Arizona is on the cusp of reaching a pandemic death toll of 15,000. State health officials on Tuesday reported 1,132 new COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths.
That brings the overall number of cases in Arizona to 799,740 and the number of deaths to 14,981. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 patients who remain hospitalized and the number who are in the ICU continue to trend downward.
According to the state dashboard, 2,047 people were hospitalized for the virus as of Monday. They amount to a 24% occupancy of all hospital beds. Around 600, or 34%, of all ICU beds are being used for COVID-19 patients.
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