Arizona coronavirus update: 26,889 confirmed cases; 1,044 known deaths as of Sunday

Arizona cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, rose to 26,889 with 1,044 known deaths, according to numbers released on Sunday by the Arizona Department of Health Services.

That's an increase of 1,438 cases, or 5.65% since Saturday when the state reported 25,451 identified cases. Deaths increased by two to 1,044.

Prior to the past week's dramatic case increases, new cases reported daily have typically been in the several hundreds. This past week, several days have seen more than 1,000 newly reported cases. The daily increase in case numbers also reflects a lag in obtaining results from the time a test was conducted.

Additional deaths are reported each day as well, and have varied between single- and double-digit increases. The number of deaths reported each day represents the additional known deaths reported by the Health Department that day, but could have occurred weeks prior and on different days.

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