Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Friday, March 12: UK Variant Now in Pima County; Pima County Opens Vax Appointments to 55+, Frontline Workers; Biden Signs $1.9 trillion COVID Relief Package: Here's How To Set Up Vax Appointments, COVID Tests
Pima County, which reported 110 new cases today, has seen 111,041 of the state’s 831,832 confirmed cases. With 55 new deaths reported today, a total of 16,519 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 2,293 deaths in Pima County, according to the March 12 report. A total of 831 coronavirus patients were in the hospital as of March 11 That’s roughly 16% 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...
Source: tucsonweekly.com
