PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona health officials are reporting 3,741 new COVID-19 cases and four additional deaths.
The latest figures released Monday morning come as the state opens a second around-the-clock mass vaccination site at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Gov. Doug Ducey, appearing on CNN Sunday, said the state is poised to run out of vaccines. But officials are working with President Joe Biden’s administration, he added.
Arizona now has seen 762,145 cases and 13,124 deaths since the pandemic began. The number of infections is thought to be far higher than reported because many people have not been tested. Studies suggest people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s data tracker on Sunday showed Arizona continuing to lead the nation in average cases per capita over the last seven days.
The number of people hospitalized, including in ICUs, is continuing to trend downward.
On Friday, the state announced that the COVID-19 variant first recorded in the United Kingdom was confirmed in tests from three people in Arizona.
State health officials are working with other public health agencies to monitor the situation.
Variants from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil have already been confirmed in the U.S.
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