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With 1,918 new cases reported today, the total number of Arizonaâs confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 804,116 as of Friday, Feb. 19, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. Pima County, which reported 211 new cases today, has seen 107,793 of the stateâs 802,198 confirmed cases. With 145 new deaths reported today, a total of 15,421 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 2,144 deaths in Pima County, according to the Feb. 19 report. The number of hospitalized COVID cases statewide has declined in recent weeks, with 1,738 coronavirus patients in the hospital as of Feb. 18. Thatâs fewer than half 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. ....
Advertisement: The county says the appointments at risk of being delayed include some second dose vaccine appointments at Tucson Medical Center beginning Feb. 18, as well as appointments at Tucson Convention Center and Banner South beginning Feb. 19. Two mobile vaccination events set for Feb. 20 have been postponed. The mobile vaccination efforts are targeted to vulnerable populations and will now be held sometime in March, the county announced in a press release. Further complicating vaccine administration, next week, the county will only receive 12,500 doses for all county-run vaccination sites. This represents the lowest total of weekly doses allocated to Pima County in 10 weeks, according to the press release. ....
County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry is asking the Pima County Board of Supervisors to suspend county-sponsored COVID-19 testing after notification that the state will not reimburse the county for most of ....
Posted By NICOLE LUDDEN on Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 12:35 PM Tech. Sgt. Michael Matkin/U.S. Air National Guard County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry is asking the Pima County Board of Supervisors to suspend county-sponsored COVID-19 testing after notification that the state will not reimburse the county for most of its testing costs. At a special board meeting Friday, Huckelberry said he ll ask the board to halt free coronavirus testing as of Feb. 22 to avoid incurring further deficit costs. In a memo to the board, Huckelberry said the county reported to the state that $47.75 million was spent on PCR COVID-19 testing since April, with more than $10.68 million coming from county funds. ....