Arizona reported Tuesday a relatively low 2,938 new COVID-19 cases and declining hospitalizations alongside a high 238 new known deaths and the top rank nationally for case rate over the past week.
Arizona s seven-day, new-case average ranked first Monday among all states, after ranking first and second for much of January, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s COVID Data Tracker.
The state s rate of new positive cases over the last seven days was 70.3 cases per 100,000 people, per the CDC, trailed by South Carolina with 69.5 cases per 100,000. The U.S. average for new cases was 43.7 cases per 100,000 people.