On August 16, the number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Arizona, USA, exceeded 193,000, with 883 new cases and 14 new deaths article cover image
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On August 16, the number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Arizona, USA, exceeded 193,000, with 883 new cases and 14 new deaths

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Currently, the number of patients in Arizona exceeds 193,000. There were 883 new cases of novel coronavirus infection today, 14 new deaths, and a total of 1,935 infections...

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There are currently more than 193,000 people sick in Arizona. Today there were 883 new cases of new coronavirus infections and 14 new deaths. The total number of infections was 193,537 and the total number of deaths was 4,506! Checking the total number of people, it currently exceeds 1.342 million, and the number of daily tests is 16,500...the daily detection rate is 13.5%...the infection rate is 12.1%, and the detection rate of new coronavirus patients has exceeded 10%.

Yesterday's data showed 933 new cases, 69 new deaths, a total of 192,654 infections, and a total of 4,492 deaths! The number of hospitalized patients increased sharply, and the hospital bed occupancy rate increased from more than 70% to 80%. Everyone should stay at home as much as possible. At present, the new coronavirus has begun to spread in various communities. The Ministry of Health urges citizens to wear masks, wash hands, avoid crowded places, and take more and more complete safety isolation measures.

13%-20% of infected cases require hospitalization, of which 4% are admitted to the ICU. The number of ICU patients in the hospital has reached a record high in the past two weeks. Since May 15, the number of patients using ventilators in the hospital has tripled. Currently, the number of confirmed cases in Maricopa County has exceeded 129,385. All 15 Arizona counties have confirmed cases.

Maricopa: 129,385

Pinal: 8,710 Coconino: 3,180 Pima: 19,581 Navajo: 5,452 Yavapai: 2,146 Apache: 3,241 Cochise: 1,761 Graham: 604 Santa Cruz: 2,704 Yuma: 11,861 Gila: 1,002 Greenlee: 57 Mohave: 3,363 La Paz: 490

The area with the highest incidence in Greater Phoenix (data on 8/16)

The area with the highest incidence in Arizona

>Total number of infected people

Increase and proportion of deaths

Daily increase (the highest record was 5,396 people on June 29)

The number of people tested daily exceeds 1.342 million, and the detection rate is 13.5%

Arizona hospital bed usage data, 80% of the beds are currently occupied

Self-test link

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/index.html#cdc-chat-bot-open

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