Coronavirus, COVID 19

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

 U.S. National Institutes of Health

PHOENIX (AP) โ€” The state on Saturday reported 4,136 additional known COVID-19 cases and 36 more deaths, increasing the stateโ€™s totals to 322,774 cases and 6,624 deaths.

In Pima County, 39,298 cases have been confirmed, an increase of 630 cases from the previous day. Officials also confirmed 690 deaths in the county, an increase of eight from the previous day.

COVID-19-related hospitalizations also increased, reaching 2,383 as of Friday, including 553 patients in beds in intensive-care units, according to the Department of Health Services' dashboard.

Seven-day rolling averages of daily new cases, daily deaths and COVID-19 testing positivity in Arizona all increased in the past two weeks, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project and Johns Hopkins University.

The new cases daily average rose from 2,116 on Nov. 13 to 3,849 on Friday while the daily deaths average rose from 21.1 to 23 and the positivity rate average went from 14.7% to 19.3%.

The number of infections is thought to be far higher than reported because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some โ€” especially older adults and people with existing health problems โ€” it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.

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