Arizona has the highest Covid-19 infection rate in the U.S. and is on the brink of running out of space in crowded hospitals, according to public-health and hospital officials.
The state hit a record for new infections last week, with 11,324 in a single day. It has the highest per capita rate of new Covid-19 infections in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the highest rate of Covid-19 hospitalizations, according to the Covid tracking project.
As of Monday, roughly 16% of Covid-19 tests in the state were coming back positive, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, and health officials estimate that one in 10 residents is currently infected. “We’re the hottest spot in the U.S. and among the hottest spots in the entire world,” said Keith Frey, chief medical officer for hospital chain Dignity Health’s Arizona division. “If we don’t slow this down over the course of the next days and weeks, then we will be fully into that crisis zone.”
Mr. Frey spoke at a press conference Wednesday where the heads of Arizona’s largest health systems gathered to express how dire the situation has become.
Tell that to Gosar and Biggs!
desertratt22 False statements and fear runs rampant lies and deception I have known several people they got Covid and they never died they said it felt similar to the flu... from old too young
DrShaena hard to argue with all the deaths Covid doesn't argue, it simply kills
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The hospitals design their bed allowances based on normal disease rates and for profit so any surge would displace normal patients. The hospital system has become complacent and thus any surge from any quarter is a crisis.
We’ve heard “on the brink of running out of beds” for 9 months at innumerable locations
thanks for this news
For a flue? Ridicolous
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