Report Shows Arizona Case Count Nears 7,000 With 18 New Coronavirus Deaths

After one day of no new COVID-19 deaths reported in Arizona, Tuesday’s state health reports pushed the state’s coronavirus death total to 293 with 18 more COVID-19 deaths on Monday.

895 tests were completed in Arizona yesterday, resulting in 232 new positive cases reported. This brings the total number of positive cases in Arizona to 6,948.

Arizona reported deaths have fluctuated over the last week. Arizona health officials reported four consecutive days of at least 17 deaths last week, with  highs of 21 on both Tuesday and Wednesday. However, the number of deaths decreased over the weekend, with a total of nine deaths. Monday brought positive news of the first day of zero reported deaths in a month.

On Monday, state officials revealed a plan to boost testing for the coronavirus in Arizona. The program, called the Arizona Testing Blitz, is aimed to test 10,000-20,000 residents for COVID-19 over the next three Saturdays.

Governor Ducey’s stay-at-home order is set to expire on Thursday. Ducey is expected to announce this week whether he will extend or modify the current order.

Arizona Cases – 6,948

 As of April 28th

 Gender Case Percentage

County Cases

Cases by Age

Chronic Medical Conditions

High-Risk (65+ years or 1+ Chronic Medical Condition)

Hospitalizations

1,095 Cases hospitalized / 16 % of Positive Arizona Cases

Lab Testing

67,438 Covid-19 Test Completed
895 Tests Completed Yesterday
Total Percent Positive COVID-19 Tests  – 8.7%

Arizona Deaths – 293

As of April 28th

Gender Death Percentage

County Deaths

 Deaths by Age

The state provides a daily updated detail of all the cases in Arizona by zip code. Click here to find your zip code.

As of Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 53,922 deaths from more than 957,000 COVID-19 cases.

Tuesday morning, Johns Hopkins University, released their report that globally there have been more than 3 million cases and over 212,000 deaths.