Arizona reported 438 new COVID-19 cases and 27 new known deaths Wednesday, and the number of patients hospitalized with suspected and confirmed new coronavirus infections increased for the second day in a row.
Identified cases rose to 215,284 and known deaths are at 5,525, according to the daily report from the Arizona Department of Health Services.
The number of patients hospitalized statewide for known or suspected COVID-19 rose to 583 on Tuesday from 527 on Monday, which is a 10.6% increase. That number is far below where it was during June and July when COVID-19 hospitalizations in Arizona spiked. During the peak of that surge, the number of hospitalized patients suspected or confirmed to have the virus exceeded 3,000.