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The Latest: Arizona sees record number of virus ICU patients
PHOENIX — Arizona is reporting all-time highs in coronavirus patients using ventilators and occupying beds in intensive-care units. The state Department of Health Services said 671 COVID-19 patients were on ventilators and 936 were in intensive care as of Sunday. Hospitals were hovering around 90% capacity...
Arizona sees new highs in COVID-19 ventilator, ICU bed use
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is reporting all-time highs in coronavirus patients using ventilators and occupying beds in intensive-care units. The state Department of Health Services said 671 COVID-19 patients were on ventilators and 936 were in intensive care as of Sunday. Hospitals were hovering around 90%...
3 school teachers in Winkelman get COVID-19, one later dies
PHOENIX (AP) — Three school teachers in the small eastern Arizona community of Winkelman tested positive for the coronavirus last month and one of them died, according to a Phoenix television station. ABC15 reported Sunday that Kimberley Byrd shared a classroom with two other teachers at Leonor Hambly K-8....
Arizona will use experimental drug to help COVID-19 patients
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey says Arizona will be getting 361 cases of the experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir, which appears to help patients with COVID-19 recover faster. The drug received emergency approval in May by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The shipment comes from the U.S....
More than 60 Phoenix firefighters test positive for virus
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 60 firefighters with the Phoenix Fire Department have tested positive for the coronavirus. “We have had multiple positive cases in the past week, a truly alarming amount,” P.J. Dean, a spokesman for United Phoenix Firefighters Association, told Phoenix radio station...
Body recovered from lake in Laveen park; Man likely drowned
PHOENIX (AP) — The body of a man who apparently drowned in a lake at Cesar Chavez Park in Laveen has been recovered, according to authorities. Phoenix Fire Department crews were called to the area Saturday morning on reports of a man who fell into the lake. Witnesses told ABC15 that they saw the man on a...
The Latest: Nevada lawmakers suspend session over virus case
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada lawmakers have pumped the brakes on their emergency special session because someone in the legislative building has tested positive for the coronavirus. Gov. Steve Sisolak has convened the session so lawmakers can balance the state budget amid a projected $1.2 billion shortfall...
Arizona courts eye ways to hold jury trials during pandemic
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona courts are entering new legal waters by exploring innovative procedures and technology such as videoconferencing to hold jury trials during the coronavirus pandemic. Largely rural Mohave County recently held a criminal trial during which jurors viewed the proceedings by watching...
Arizona reports 69 more deaths, sets hospitalization records
PHOENIX (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak in Arizona has produced 69 additional deaths and record numbers of hospitalizations, according to data released Saturday by state health officials. The death toll increased to 2,151, and the state Department of Health Services reported 3,038 additional confirmed...
Arizona reports more than 4,000 new confirmed virus cases
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is preparing to help hospitals shuttle some recovering virus patients into nursing homes to make space for arrivals as it reported more than 4,000 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday — still the highest rate of infection per capita in the nation. The state Health...
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