Arizona led the U.S. in the growth of confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday, and if states were viewed as their own countries, the Grand Canyon State would lead the world, according to an alarming analysis by The New York Times. State officials pushed back against that characterization Wednesday, but Arizona doctors fear the situation could worsen.
For every 1 million Arizona residents, 3,300 cases of COVID-19 have been detected over the past seven days, the Times reported.
Relying on data from Johns Hopkins University, the analysis also revealed that Arizona has the country’s highest daily percentage of positive coronavirus cases, with more than 25% of tests showing a positive result.
The findings echo Arizona’s last place ranking among 50 states in the Harvard Global Health Institute’s COVID-19 risk assessment tool on Wednesday.