COVID-19 Daily Update - August 23, 2021

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COVID-19 Daily Update - August 23, 2021

August 23, 2021

GOODMAN SCHWARTZ PUBLIC AFFAIRS

ARIZONA COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE

August 23, 2021

Vol. 4, No. 2

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When Goodman Schwartz Public Affairs suspended the Daily Update in June 2021, after 14 months of uninterrupted publications, we did so based on several factors including, but not limited to, decreasing positivity rates, low daily positive cases and deaths and declining readership among those receiving the update.

Like so many, we were optimistic that with declining cases and hospitalizations, along with the COVID-19 vaccine being readily available throughout Arizona, the worst was behind us. Unfortunately, with the surge of the delta variant, the firm has decided to begin re-publishing the Daily Update (albeit weekly), as we want to finish what we started and continue to provide this information as a public service.

As public health conditions and circumstances warrant, we look forward to arriving at another crossroad when we can consider, once again, suspending or otherwise unsetting the Daily Update.

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Arizona Department of Health Services

Arizona Numbers

Number of Cases:

	8.17.21	8.18.21	8.19.21	8.20.21	8.21.21	8.22.21	8.23.21
Total COVID-19 Cases	970,523	972,925	976,471	979,580	982,775	986,082	988,714
Daily Increase in New Positive Cases	+2,661 (+0.3%)	+2,402 (+0.3%)	+3,546 (+0.4%)	+3,109 (+0.3%)	+3,195 (+0.3%)	+3,303 (+0.3%)	+2,632 (+0.3%)

7-Day Average of Positive Cases is 2,978, as compared to the previous 7-day average of 2,802 cases.

By comparison, the cumulative weekly increases in positive cases:

Week	Cases	Week	Cases	Week	Cases
8/16	+19,617
8/23	+20,848

Vaccinations:

	Total Number of COVID-19 Doses Administered	Total Number of People Who Have Received At Least One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in Arizona	Number of People Who Are Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19	Percent of People Vaccinated
8.17.21	7,090,104	3,905,672	3,428,471	54.3%
8.18.21	7,106,994	3,914,715	3,436,174	54.5%
8.19.21	7,124,060	3,923,272	3,443,977	54.6%
8.20.21	7,142,640	3,932,192	3,451,880	54.7%
8.21.21	7,158,391	3,940,117	3,459,329	54.8%
8.22.21	7,177,460	3,947,963	3,468,678	54.9%
8.23.21	7,203,424	3,965,981	3,477,576	55.2%

Number of Deaths:

	8.17.21	8.18.21	8.19.21	8.20.21	8.21.21	8.22.21	8.23.21
Total Number of Deaths	18,467	18,504	18,508	18,561	18,597	18,600	18,600
Daily Number of Deaths	+3	+37	+4	+53	+36	+3	+0

By comparison, the cumulative weekly increases in deaths: NEW FEATURE

Week	Cases	Week	Cases	Week	Cases
8/16	+76
8/23	+136

Testing Data:

	8.17.21	8.18.21	8.19.21	8.20.21	8.21.21	8.22.21	8.23.21
Total Diagnostic Tests (Daily Increase)	4,927,873 (+11,547)	4,941,413 (+13,540)	4,955,307 (+13,894)	4,972,012 (+16,705)	4,987,295 (+15,283)	5,001,463 (+14,168)	5,012,685 (+11,222)
Total Serology Tests (Daily Increase)	525,255 (+81)	526,095 (+840)	526,966 (+871)	527,962 (+996)	528,760 (+798)	529,663 (+883)	530,270 (+607)
Total Number of Tests (Daily Increase)	5,453,128 (+11,628)	5,467,508 (+14,380)	5,482,273 (+14,765)	5,499,974 (+17,701)	5,516,055 (+16,081)	5,531,126 (+15,071)	5,542,955 (+11,829)