Arizona Reopening Phase 2: Rise and Fall of COVID-19 Cases (April 26, 2021)

Howard J Eng, Associate Professor Emeritus, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona,

Abstract:

“Of the United States 50 states, Arizona is the sixth largest in size. It is about the same size as Italy. After three months of Arizona Reopening Phase 2, the COVID-19 cases had surged. In early January 2021, ABC and NBC News reported that Arizona has the highest new cases per capital in the world. This longitudinal study examined the Arizona’s Reopening Phase 2 surge in cases. The study examined the changes in the numbers of testing given, new COVID-19 cases, cases that required hospitalizations, deaths, and vaccines given. The data source used was from the Arizona Department of Health Services COVID-19 dashboard database. During the last third of seven-month study period, Arizona’s case numbers declined at the number of those infected recovered and acquired immunity and the state residents became fully vaccinated increased.”