With nearly 20,000 new cases reported since Friday, the total number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus cases closed in on 728,000 as of Monday, Jan 25, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. Pima County, which reported 736 new cases today, has seen 97,474 of the stateâs 727,895 confirmed cases. A total of 12,239 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 1,611 deaths in Pima County, according to the Jan. 25 report. The number of hospitalized COVID cases statewide has declined in recent weeks after peaking at 5,082 on Jan. 11 but remains above the peak levels of the summerâs first wave. ADHS reported that as of Jan. 24, 4,229Â COVID patients were hospitalized in the state. The summer peak of 3,517 hospitalized COVID patients was set on July 13; that number hit a subsequent low of 468 on Sept. 27, or about one-tenth of the current count.Â