Arizona reports 3,691 additional COVID cases, 63 more deaths

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PHOENIX - Arizona reported nearly 3,700 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases as the state's rolling averages for new cases and deaths increased.

The 3,691 additional cases and 63 deaths reported by the state Department of Health Services' coronavirus dashboard on Oct. 29 increased Arizona's pandemic totals to 1,163,217 cases and 21,096 deaths.

The dashboard also reported that 1,718 COVID-in patients occupied inpatient hospital beds as of Thursday, keeping the state on a level of hospitalizations that has plateaued in that vicinity all this month.

Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins University data showed that seven-day rolling averages of daily new case and daily cases both increased over the past two weeks.

The rolling average of daily new cases rose from 2,248 on Oct. 13 to 2,486.3 on Wednesday while the rolling average of daily deaths increased from 29.50 to 55 during the same period.