With 1,302 new cases reported today, the total number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 848,000 as of Friday, April 9, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County, which reported 88 new cases today, has seen 113,463 of the stateâs 848,202 confirmed cases.
With 7 new deaths reported this morning, a total of 17,062 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 2,367 deaths in Pima County, according to the April 9 report.
A total of 571 coronavirus patients were in the hospital as of April 8. Thatâs roughly 11% of the number hospitalized at the peak of the winter surge, which reached 5,082 on Jan. 11. The summer peak was 3,517, which was set on July 13, 2020. The subsequent lowest number of hospitalized COVID patients was 468, set on Sept. 27, 2020.
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Gov. Doug Ducey last month rescinded mask mandates in the state, but Arizona State University, Phoenix, Pima County and other entities still require masks to reduce the spread of COVID-19. (File photo by Sofia Fuentes/Cronkite News)
PHOENIX – As Arizona cities and counties debate mask mandates, a leading health expert warned Wednesday that wearing masks in public is essential to prevent another wave of COVID-19 cases.
“There is still a risk of transmission in our community,” said Dr. Joshua LaBaer, the executive director of ASU’s Biodesign Institute. “And especially now that we know that this U.K. variant is predominant or becoming predominant in Arizona – so there is without a doubt a benefit to mask-wearing in public for sure.”