COVID-19 update: Pinal has dose of better news
Ron Smith gets his first dose of the Moderna vaccine during an inoculation clinic last month at Copper Sky. Photo by Bob McGovern
Pinal County had a dose of better news in the first week in February, reporting just 122 new COVID-19 cases. The total number of positive cases has risen to 43,947 since the beginning of the pandemic nearly a year ago.
More importantly, there was only one hospitalization and no fatalities in the county last week. There have been a total 3,566 people hospitalized with the virus to date and 662 deaths in the county.
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California surpasses 40,000 total coronavirus-related deaths
From CNN’s Jon Passantino
Transporters Miguel Lopez, right, and Noe Meza prepare to move the body of someone who died from Covid-19 to a morgue at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles on January 9. Jae C. Hong/AP
California surpassed a grim milestone on Friday evening as over 40,000 coronavirus-related deaths have now been reported in the state, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
California added 664 deaths on Friday, according to data from the university. The state has now reported a total of 40,238 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins.
The only other state with over 40,000 deaths is New York state. New York has reported 43,278 deaths, according to university data.