6840 new cases on the AZ Dashboard for week ending 4/5; 413 deaths

[marybourg]

https://azdhs.gov/covid19/data/index.php

Last week: 10,143;385

[StarryNite]

1. A slow move in the right direction.

I would like to know why our death rate is so high second only to Calif at this time even though our daily cases is lower than many. That's according to the NYT charts.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. Arizona's weekly numbers are skewed older

You need to dig into the charts further down to see the actual weekly numbers - most of the "new cases" are older ones being backfilled into the total.
For this week, the new cases for the past week are only 1936, and the deaths are only 7!

HOWEVER, the numbers are being revised weekly - last week was only showing 8 deaths between 3/20-27 - now the chart is showing 40. So the numbers will go up as more reporting comes in the coming weeks.
EDIT: Here is the chart of the weekly cases.
https://azdhs.gov/covid19/data/index.php#confirmed-by-week

[AZSkiffyGeek]

4. Right now this is the lowest # of new cases in a week since mid April 2020

And the lowest weekly deaths since March 2020.

[StarryNite]

6. I have trouble navigating that state website for some reason.

I'm glad you found the numbers you did though. It makes me feel better. I just don't understand why the data is so inconsistent from one site to another.

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. I just returned from several days in Arizona...

Virtually NO ONE wears a protective mask.

The state appears to be wide-open for another viral wave of infections. Hang on to your hats. Arizona is likely in for a wild ride when the next wave hits.

[StarryNite]

5. You must not have seen me then

because I wear one! But yeah, hardly anybody wears them. It's scary.