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While previous waves of COVID-19 cases in Arizona increased very quickly, they also improved very quickly, Gerald said. On the other hand, it takes a long time for this wave to improve or get below 100 cases per 100,000 population per week. Neither the state nor the district have been below this threshold since July.
Arizona has the fifth highest cumulative COVID-19 death rate per capita of any state in the nation and recently overtook New York state, according to data from the Washington Post. However, the weekly number of deaths is falling.
“The number of deaths here in the past four weeks has also been slowly falling. They’re still high, but they’re moving in the right direction, as are cases and hospitalizations, ”said Gerald. “It seems to be getting better, just very, very slowly.”
In Pima County, according to Garcia, 78% of people eligible for the vaccine who are 12 years or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. About 69% of the eligible population are fully vaccinated.
According to data from the Arizona Department of Health, nearly 70% of the eligible population nationwide have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. And around 62% of the eligible population are fully vaccinated.
On October 26, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted to pave the way for a COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11. These children could be eligible in early November.
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