Hospitalizations for COVID-19 hit new record in Arizona Saturday, overall cases now exceed 19,000

[TexasTowelie]

Statewide hospitalizations of people with positive and suspected COVID-19 in Arizona increased for a fourth day in a row, reaching a record high of 975, Saturday's state data shows.

Ventilator use and ICU bed use by patients with positive and suspected COVID-19 climbed again, with both numbers marking all-time highs since the state began reporting COVID-19 hospitalization data on April 9, numbers from the Arizona Department of Health Services show.

Known deaths in the state caused by the the novel virus as of Saturday stand at 903. Eighteen new deaths were reported Saturday.

The state's total number of reported positive COVID-19 cases jumped 4.2% on Saturday, signaling the highest single-day increase in cases: 790. The total number of positive cases reported statewide is 19,255.

Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/05/30/hospitalizations-covid-19-hit-new-record-arizona-deaths-top-900-coronavirus/5291126002/

[AZ8theist]

1. Gee, nobody could have predicted this.....

Absolutely disgusting the behavior at some locations. At local Quick Trips, maybe 5% are wearing masks. Even with marks on the floor for social distancing, you can tell people are gradually going back to habits from before the Trump Plague and ignoring all of the precautions. Simply IGNORANT of the coming boomerang second wave.
Fortunately, at Frys Supermarkets, the average is much better, perhaps 75-85%
Unfortunately, my company has made mask wearing voluntary, so only 25% are wearing them.

I will NEVER go anywhere for the rest of my life without a mask. I wear a mask at work 100% of the time. For me, anyway, this is the new normal.