Arizona reported 233 new COVID-19 cases and two new known deaths Monday, and the number of patients hospitalized with the novel virus remained continued an overall decline.
Identified cases rose to 214,251 and known deaths totaled 5,478, according to the daily report by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
The number of patients hospitalized statewide for known or suspected COVID-19 was 472 Sunday for a second day in a row. Before the weekend, the last time that total was lower than 500 was April 8, state data shows. During the peak of Arizona's COVID-19 surge, the number of hospitalized patients suspected or confirmed to have the virus exceeded 3,000.
Similarly, the number of patients with suspected or known COVID-19 in intensive care units across Arizona was 119 on Sunday, down from 120 on Saturday — a considerable decrease from July when the numbers reached as high as 970.