AZ Pandemic Numbers Summary for the Seven Days Ending March 8: Numbers Continue to Dither

 

Here are the Arizona pandemic numbers and graph of statewide cases for the seven day period ending Wednesday:



Things look pretty good this week. Cases and deaths are lower. Things that are up are only up a little. The only exception to this is Yavapai County wastewater.

 A couple weeks ago I was worried about another upward trend, but I don't see much evidence of it at this point. Overall it looks like the numbers are dithering around some kind of floor, as can be seen in the case graph.

Good numbers to get for parents going into spring break!


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