Yavapai County COVID-19 caseload moves past 200 mark
41 cases confirmed in Verde Valley
With 25 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, Yavapai County now has documented more than 200 COVID-19 cases.
The Tuesday morning report from Yavapai County Community Health Services shows there are now 221 confirmed coronavirus cases in the county with four deaths and 20 recoveries.
Of the four deaths, two were Verde Valley patients with the other two coming from the Prescott Quad Cities area.
Cottonwood and Sedona both have 12 confirmed cases. Camp Verde has nine and what YCCHS refers to as “Other Verde Valley” reports eight cases. In all, there have been 41 positive tests in the Verde Valley. There have been 95 cases reported in Prescott Valley.
New Developments in COVID-19: Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome – Rare, but Concerning
The coronavirus has largely spared children. Most confirmed to be infected have had only mild symptoms, but pediatricians across the world have recently started to alert epidemiologists to cases of a new disease preliminarily named Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome, which is likely related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents need to be aware of this syndrome; however, they do not need to panic.
Symptoms can include fever, rash, reddish eyes, swollen lymph nodes and sharp abdominal pain. They do not usually include two common hallmarks of Covid-19: cough and shortness of breath. The syndrome can bear some resemblance to a rare childhood illness called Kawasaki disease, but as doctors learn more, they are emphasizing that the two conditions are not the same.
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- Source: Yavapai County Community Health Services.
Arizona Totals
The Tuesday report from the Arizona Department of Health Services shows 11,736 positive tests in Arizona, 356 of which were documented in the past day.
ADHS confirmed 20 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the state total to 562.
Demographic breakdown of Arizona cases
The Tuesday ADHS data shows the 65-and-older age group continues to be at highest risk from COVID-19, with 447 of the state’s 562 deaths coming from this age group. There have been 65 deaths reported among people 55-64 years of age.
ADHS reports women contract the virus in higher numbers than men in Arizona (53%), but more men than women die from COVID-19 (54%).
Location of cases
Maricopa County has the highest number of coronavirus cases in Arizona with 6,219.
Pima County has 1,623 cases, with the next highest frequency being in Navajo County with 1,017 cases. Apache County has 744 documented cases. Coconino County has 720 positive tests.
Testing data
The ADHS Tuesday report states 159,082 tests have been done in Arizona with 6.5% of those coming back positive.
People between the ages of 20 and 44 have had the highest number of positive tests (4,460), but the fewest deaths (21). Seniors 65-and-older have tested positive 2,667 times with 447 deaths.
The Arizona Department of Health Services website, www.azdhs.gov, includes detailed information on the ethnicity of coronavirus in Arizona as well as a zip code map that shows the location of confirmed cases.
Hospital Reports
Tuesday, Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood reported a hospital census of 40 patients with five in critical care. VVMC reports zero positive cases of coronavirus with 10 tests pending.
Flagstaff Medical Center reports 35 positive tests with 19 results pending. FMC has admitted 152 patients; 27 of those patients are in critical care.
See nahealth.com/covid-19-resources.
U.S. and global totals
The most recent estimates of U.S. and global cases of COVID-19 put the U.S. caseload at 1.38 million Tuesday morning, with the U.S. death tally at 81,779, the highest of any nation in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 220,000 Americans have recovered from COVID-19.
The virus is present in all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the CDC.
There are 4.18 million cases reported worldwide, with 286,000 deaths and 1.46 million recoveries.
COVID-19 confirmed cases in Arizona
May 12 11,736 cases
May 11 11,380 cases
May 10 11,119 cases
May 9 10,960 cases
May 8 10,526 cases
May 7 9,945 cases
May 6 9,707 cases
May 5 9,305 cases
May 4 8,919 cases
May 3 8,640 cases
May 2 8,364 cases
May 1 7,962 cases
April 30 7,648 cases
April 29 7,202 cases
April 28 6,948 cases
April 27 6,716 cases
April 26 6,526 cases
April 25 6,280 cases
April 24 6,045 cases
April 23 5,769 cases
April 22 5,459 cases
April 21 5,251 cases
April 20 5,064 cases
April 19 4,929 cases
April 18 4,719 cases
April 17 4,507 cases
April 16 4,234 cases
April 15 3,962 cases
April 14 3,806 cases
April 13 3,702 cases
April 12 3,539 cases
April 11 3,393 cases
April 10 3,112 cases
April 9 3,018 cases
April 8 2,726 cases
April 7 2,575 cases
April 6 2,456 cases
April 5 2,269 cases
April 4 2,019 cases
April 3 1,769 cases
April 2 1,598 cases
April 1 1,413 cases
March 31 1,289 cases
March 30 1,157 cases
March 29 919 cases
March 28 773 cases
March 27 665 cases
March 26 508 cases
March 25 401 cases
March 24 326 cases
March 23 235 cases
March 21 106 cases
March 20 63 cases
March 19 44 cases
Jan. 26 First Arizona case reported
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