In a weekly press conference, Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ described a state response that appears to have caught up with COVID-19 and vaccine demand.
But some indicators show Arizona is not out of the woods yet.
Christ says cases in the state have plateaued while utilization of hospital and ICU beds has dropped.
But the rate at which cases have leveled off is high – around 750 per day – and has crept up through the week. We saw a very, very slight increase in the number of cases, but overall staying relatively steady, she said.
Meanwhile, experts have seen signs of another surge cropping up elsewhere in the U.S., although vaccinations appear to have tamped down their progress somewhat.
Multiple gun bills are on different paths in the Arizona Legislature
Scripps Video
Posted at 11:26 AM, Apr 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-17 14:26:33-04
PHOENIX â Guns are ingrained in the Arizona psyche, from the legendary Shootout at the OK Corral that morphed into tourist-dependent Tombstone to the CNN broadcast of Donald Trump supporters casually carrying long guns during a protest in downtown Phoenix.
Arizona has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the nation, built on a pioneer, conservative ethos of Second Amendment rights. That has meant most Arizona adults can openly carry weapons into many public and private spaces.
ADCRR administers more than 18,000 vaccines to inmates kold.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kold.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An intense scramble for COVID-19 vaccines in Arizona that just weeks ago caused frustration, lineups and website problems appears over.
While there are still some areas of Arizona with a steady demand for vaccines, appointments generally are easier to find and, in some cases, not getting filled.
Part of what s happening is a shift, where doctor s offices, pharmacies
and neighborhood clinics are expected to eventually become the go-to places for the COVID-19 vaccine, rather than large-scale vaccination sites.
Data from the Arizona Department of Health Services says nearly 37% of the state had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday, and about 24% of the state is fully vaccinated.
First Case of UK COVID-19 Variant Detected in Cochise County
Health Department Urges Residents to Remain Vigilant, Continue Safety Mitigations and Get Vaccinated
BISBEE, Ariz. (April 15, 2021) – This week, Cochise Health and Social Services received reports stating the U.K. COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7, has been detected within Cochise County. The variant was first detected in Arizona on January 29, 2021 and it is not exactly known how widely the variant may have spread in Arizona.
The disease COVID-19 is caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus. Within the SARS CoV-2 virus family there are several variations of the original virus, one of which includes variant B.1.1.7. This variant is commonly known as the “UK COVID-19 Variant” because it was first detected in the United Kingdom in December of 2020. The B.1.1.7 variant was originally believed to cause a more severe type of COVID-19 illness, however current research states the variant is more infectious, but does not cause a more