Arizona reports more than 3,000 new coronavirus cases, a daily high (3,246)

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https://ktar.com/story/3284314/arizona-reports-more-than-3000-new-coronavirus-cases-a-daily-high/

PHOENIX — The Arizona health department reported more than 3,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time Friday morning.

With 3,246 new COVID-19 cases, the state’s total increased to 46,689. The health department also reported 41 additional fatalities, increasing the death toll to 1,312.

The previous single-day high for cases was 2,519 reported a day earlier.

The Arizona Department of Health Services has been providing case and testing updates on its website each morning. The dashboard includes, among other information, testing trends, updated hospital capacity and a ZIP Code map of cases.

The daily reports present data after the state receives statistics and compiles them, which can lag by several days. They aren’t meant to represent the actual activity over the past 24 hours.

The number of cases reported in Arizona has been rising at a faster rate than testing has increased, indicating community spread, since the state’s stay-at-home order expired last month.

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Overall hospital bed usage remained at a pandemic high of 85% on Thursday for the third consecutive day, and the percentage of ICU beds in use remained at a high point of 84% for the second consecutive day.

On May 15, the day the state’s stay-at-home order expired, inpatient bed usage was at 74% and ICU bed usage was at 72%.

Of the state’s 1,396 ICU beds filled Thursday, 519 were used for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients, down from 540 the previous day. Only 268 of the state’s current ICU bed supply remained unused.

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1. and this is the FIRST wave yet.