Arizona’s daily report of new COVID-19 cases was back over 3,000 on the first day of December after November ended with three days below that mark. The Arizona Department of Health Services on Wednesday added 3,163 cases and 43 deaths to its COVID-19 dashboard, pushing the state’s documented totals for the pandemic to 1,272,943 infections and 22,350 fatalities. Even with the late-November dip, the rolling seven-day average for new cases has remained above 3,000 since Nov. 8, according to tracking by The New York Times.
The ADHS dashboard also showed 2,661 confirmed or suspected COVID inpatients in Arizona hospitals on Tuesday, 15 fewer than the previous day and the second-most since since Feb. 8.