Vials of AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 are seen in a filling laboratory at the Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, Thursday, January 21, 2021. Experts say there is an urgent need for India to boost vaccination , which started slowly in January. (AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool)
PHOENIX – Arizona public health officials reported a maximum of three weeks of 940 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, along with 12 additional deaths from COVID-19.
Arizona Department of Health Services said 120 of the new cases were from a laboratory reporting an accumulation that spans the entire pandemic. However, Friday’s case update was the biggest since March 12, with or without the backlog.
The state’s latest documented totals were 843,132 COVID-19 infections and 16,989 deaths, according to the ADHS COVID-19 panel.
The panel also showed that 3,474,738 doses of vaccine were administered in the state, with 2,195,229 people (30.5% of the state’s population) having received at least one injection and 1,380,430 people fully vaccinated.
The number of confirmed or suspected inpatients with COVID-19 in state hospitals dropped to 572 on Thursday, the second lowest since October 4. The number of ICU beds used by patients with COVID-19 has dropped to 152, the lowest since October 12.
Daily updates from the state health department present data on cases, deaths and tests after the state receives the statistics and confirms them, which can take several days or more. They do not represent actual activity in the past 24 hours.
Hospitalization data posted every morning is reported electronically the night before by hospitals across the state.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has no impact on some people and is severely debilitating or fatal for others. Infected people without symptoms – which include, but are not limited to cough, fever and difficulty breathing – are able to spread the virus.
The diagnostic test is available at hundreds of locations throughout Arizona and should be sought out by anyone with symptoms or who may have been exposed to an infected person. Information on locations, times and registration can be found on the Department of Health Services website.
All adults are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines from locations administered by the state and other providers in Maricopa County, with a minimum age of 16 for the Pfizer injection and 18 for the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson versions.
Consultations at the five mass vaccination sites administered by the state for the following week are held every Friday at 11 am, but do not last long.
For details on vaccine availability across the state, the ADHS website has a vaccine location page with a map of locations and registration and eligibility information.
For information on the availability of the Metro Phoenix vaccine, Maricopa County Public Health has an interactive map that lists pharmacies, government-run websites, health clinics and instant distribution events.