Arizona on Thursday reported 568 new COVID-19 cases, 34 new known deaths and a stable number of hospitalizations that remains well below the peak of the state's surge in July.
Identified cases rose to 215,852 and known deaths are at 5,559, according to the daily report from the Arizona Department of Health Services.
The number of patients hospitalized statewide for known or suspected COVID-19 declined slightly to 565 on Wednesday from 583 on Tuesday. Those numbers are well below where they were at during June and July when COVID-19 hospitalizations in Arizona spiked. During the peak of that surge in July, the number of hospitalized patients suspected or confirmed to have the virus exceeded 3,000.