Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) latest report says COVID-19 cases continued to decline in Coconino County in the week ending February 25, while other respiratory illnesses increased slightly Did.
COVID
Coconino County continues to have low community levels of COVID, with both community-level indicators remaining at similar levels over the past week, according to a March 3 report. 3.5 per capita (up from 3.5) and 3.4% of staffed inpatient beds were occupied by COVID patients in the past week (up from 3.3%).
The number of cases in the county also decreased from 104 last week to 71.
The county report no longer includes test positive rates and instead shows a chart showing the total number of tests performed and the number of positive results. This is the same as the number of cases each week. The total number of COVID tests continued to decline from 1,077 to 828 last week.
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Coconino County reported a total of five COVID-related hospitalizations this week, less than half of the 13 reported the previous week. No deaths from COVID have been reported for five consecutive weeks. So far in 2023, the county has reported a total of six deaths from her COVID.
TGen’s Arizona COVID-19 Sequencing Dashboard shows that the most common variant in February was the omicron subvariant XBB, accounting for 65.71% of genomes sequenced in Arizona that month. I’m here. Omicron’s subvariants BQ (14.29%) and BA.5 (5.71%) constituted almost all of the other genomes sequenced, while the ‘other’ genome accounted for 14.29% of his.
Influenza and RSV
Since this flu season began on October 2, Coconino County has now reported 1,218 flu cases and a total of 623 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases.
The number of flu cases reported in the county this week increased slightly to 12 from seven the previous week. This is a 79% reduction in the average number of cases reported this week during flu season. So far, the 2022-2023 flu season total is 88% higher than the five-year average.
The total number of RSV cases also increased slightly, with 4 reported this week and 3 the week before.
mpox
As of February 6, Coconino County continues to report a total of seven mpox cases since the first two were identified in August 2022. This he has been the same since October 24th. The county lists 27, adding another of his mpox cases for a total of eight.
The ADHS Dashboard lists a total of 591 cases statewide so far, with 36 hospitalizations and zero deaths.
More public health information for Coconino County, including updates on these illnesses, can be found at: coconino.az.gov/2124/Health-and-Human-Services.
