COVID-19 Daily Update - October 18, 2021

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COVID-19 Daily Update - October 18, 2021

October 18, 2021

GOODMAN SCHWARTZ PUBLIC AFFAIRS

ARIZONA COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE

October 18, 2021

Vol. 4, No. 10

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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

***Due to a scheduled maintenance, the COVID-19 data relating to cases, deaths and hospitalizations were not available from the Arizona Department of Health Services on Sunday 10/17 or Monday 10/18.***

Arizona Numbers

Number of Cases:

	10.12.21	10.13.21	10.14.21	10.15.21	10.16.21	10.17.21	10.18.21
Total COVID-19 Cases	1,122,390	1,124,709	1,127,095	1,129,494	1,131,976	ADHS	ADHS
Daily Increase in New Positive Cases	+2,029 (+0.2%)	+2,319 (+0.2%)	+2,386 (+0.2%)	+2,399 (+0.2%)	+2,482 (+0.2%)	+0	+0

7-Day Average of Positive Cases is XXXX, as compared to the previous 7-day average of 2,261 cases.

By comparison, the cumulative weekly increases in positive cases:

Week	Cases	Week	Cases	Week	Cases
8/16	+19,617
8/23	+20,848
8/30	+22,153
9/6	+21,707
9/13	+18,060
9/20	+17,945
9/27	+17,505
10/4	+18,207
10/11	+15,826
10/18	N/A

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	Percent of Eligible People Vaccinated
10.12.21	7,885,087	4,271,482	3,781,360	N/A	N/A
10.13.21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10.14.21	7,912,049	4,174,664	3,662,627	58.1%	68.4%
10.15.21	7,929,145	4,179,637	3,665,084	58.1%	68.4%
10.16.21	7,946,330	4,184,523	3,668,856	58.2%	68.5%
10.17.21	7,960,927	4,189,023	3,672,088	58.3%	68.6%
10.18.21	7,969,722	4,191,394	3,673,884	58.3%	68.6%

Number of Deaths:

	10.12.21	10.13.21	10.14.21	10.15.21	10.16.21	10.17.21	10.18.21
Total Number of Deaths	20,453	20,447	20,453	20,491	20,500	ADHS	ADHS
Daily Number of Deaths	+71	-6	+6	+38	+9	+0	+0

By comparison, the cumulative weekly increases in deaths:

Week	Cases	Week	Cases	Week	Cases
8/16	+76
8/23	+136
8/30	+167
9/6	+212
9/13	+188
9/20	+326
9/27	+299
10/4	+325
10/11	+245
10/18	N/A

Hospital Assets In-Use:

	10.12.21	10.13.21	10.14.21	10.15.21	10.16.21	10.17.21	10.18.21
Acute Care Beds	91%	92%	92%	92%	92%	91%	90%
ICU Beds	91%	92%	92%	92%	92%	91%	91%
Ventilator	30%	31%	29%	29%	29%	N/A	N/A