Tag: Doug Ducey
Ducey rejects request for 2-week school ‘quarantine’
Despite the state’s surge of coronavirus cases, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Saturday rejected the state’s top education official’s call for him to order...
Arizona lagging in virus vaccine rollout as cases surge
Arizona has only inoculated about 20% of the people it could with available COVID-19 vaccines as it struggles to stand up a mass program...
Burdened Arizona hospitals turn away ambulances, transfers
Some Arizona hospitals have stopped accepting patients brought to them by ambulance runs and transfers, as they scramble to address a backlog of sick...
Arizona tax agency head fired after defending education tax
The director of Arizona’s tax collection agency has been abruptly dismissed from his job after outside lawyers defending the agency backed a new voter-approved...
Number of total COVID-19 cases in Arizona now over 500,000
The number of COVID-19 cases in Arizona since the pandemic began has now surpassed 500,000 as hospitals deal with a record high of hospitalizations.
The...
Banner Health hospitals, ICUs are filling up in Phoenix area
Three Banner Health hospitals are operating above capacity as Arizona confronts a surge in coronavirus cases, the top doctor for the state’s largest hospital...
Arizona virus death toll tops 8K with 2nd-largest daily rise
Arizona’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak passed the 8,000 mark on Tuesday as the state reported an additional 153 known deaths, the second-highest...
Hospital bed availability in Arizona low due to coronavirus
Health officials in Arizona reported 7,748 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Monday and one new death.
The figures bring the total number of...
Doug Ducey touts vaccine as open hospital beds hit record low
Gov. Doug Ducey implored people to get the COVID-19 vaccine when they’re eligible as hospital capacity on Wednesday hit a record low since the...
Arizona sets daily record with over 12K more virus cases
Arizona on Tuesday set a new daily record with over 12,300 additional known coronavirus cases as the number of hospitalized patients approached levels similar...
