Summer is coming to a close and COVID-19 infection rates are on the rise as students are preparing to return to the classroom in Arizona -- including unvaccinated young children.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) COVID-19 data dashboard, cases are up again with 17,249 new cases reported in the past week and...
The official number of global deaths from COVID-19 surpassed six million on Monday, 4% of which were recorded in the last month. The United States is very close to reaching a million deaths on its own, and Arizona's death count exceeded the 28,000 marker this week.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) COVID-19...
As the new year approaches, Arizona hospitals and healthcare professionals are gearing up for a new wave of COVID-19 patients to flood the intensive care units and emergency departments that have endured near-capacity numbers since the Delta variant took hold over the summer. Without respite from the prior wave and increased transmission...
Only 88 intensive care unit beds are currently available for use and 39% of ICU beds are currently in use by COVID-19 patients. Only 6% of all hospital inpatient beds remain available -- 31% are in use by COVID-19 patients. On Wednesday, Arizona reported 3,249 new cases of COVID-19 and 81 new deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Only...
The a rolling 7-day average in the United States is now 1,319 deaths per day. On December 6, there were 113,992 new cases of COVID-19 reported nationwide. Over 60,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with complications from COVID-19.
Only 60% of the country is fully vaccinated with 71% of the population having received at least...
The theory was that recovery in SNFs would occur with COVID-19 vaccination uptake among staff and residents, visitation policies of nursing homes, the willingness of family members to place their loved ones in the SNF setting, and acute care’s return to normal.
Now, the question is whether or not hospitals will continue to discharge...
