The Arizona Department of Health Services has stopped reporting daily COVID data and now reports it weekly. As of August 2, there have been 2.5 million COVID cases in Arizona, 33,711 COVID-related deaths, and 76.9% of residents have been vaccinated.
Arizona initial claims for unemployment insurance rose 10.8% over the year for the week ended August 12. However, claims dropped from 3,863 the prior week to 3,618 and were down 6.2% from 2019.
U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped to 212,850 for the week ended August 12, down from 227,917 the prior week. That was up 8.4% over the year and up 13.9% from 2019.
The U.S. hotel occupancy rate drifted down to 68.3% for the week ended August 12, down from 68.9 the prior week. That was down 2.3% over the year and down 7.8% from 2019.
In June, the Arizona hotel occupancy rate was 63.1%, down 0.7% over the year. It was also slightly below the national rate of 69.7%.
For the second quarter of 2023, Arizona’s hotel occupancy rate was 66.9%, down 2.3% over the year, but slightly above the nation at 66.3%. The Phoenix MSA posted an occupancy rate of 67.5% (down 2.2%). Tucson’s occupancy rate was lower, at 61.0%, and down 0.9% over the year. The Yavapai County occupancy rate hit 70.6%, down 2.9%.
U.S. movie box office sales fell to $170.0 million for the week ended August 17. That was down from $272.7 million the prior week but up 24.1% over the year. Sales were down 16.1% from 2019. New movie releases were down 50.4% from 2019.
U.S. TSA traveler throughput fell to 17.7 million for the week ended August 12, down from 18.0 million the prior week. Throughput was up 11.5% over the year but down 0.8% from 2019.
Arizona new business applications rose to 730 for the week ended August 12, up from 690 the prior week. That was up 14.1% over the year.
Data on seated diners at restaurants using the OpenTable app is no longer being updated to compare the current week to 2019 results.
As of October 15, 2022, Google stopped updating mobility data.
Health Indicators
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The percent of people vaccinated is the number of individuals who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination relative to the population of Arizona. The percent of people fully vaccinated is the number of individuals who have received a valid, complete vaccine series relative to the population. Vaccine data are from the Arizona Department of Health Statistics and population is from the U.S. Census Bureau.
This is the total number of doses administered in the state to date. COVID-19 vaccination data are provisional and are subject to change.
Weekly Indicators
Note: The official initial claims for unemployment insurance numbers for the U.S. are released every Thursday morning covering the week ending on the previous Saturday.
These data show year-over-year seated diners at restaurants on the OpenTable network across all channels: online reservations, phone reservations, and walk-ins. For year-over-year comparisons by day, we compare the week ending Saturday to the same week in the previous year. this dataset is based on a sample of approximately 20,000 restaurants that provide OpenTable with information on all of their inventory.
The U.S. Census Bureau continues to produce weekly estimates; however, the weekly estimate files are published as part of the
Monthly Business Formation Statistics (BFS) Release.One key dataset with these estimates is High-Propensity Business Applications, a subset of total weekly business applications in Arizona that measures the number of applications with a high-propensity of turning into a business with a payroll, based on various factors. These data reflect weekly applications for Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) in Arizona which are likely to result in employment and wages. These include applications: (a) from a corporate entity, (b) that indicate they are hiring employees, purchasing a business or changing organizational type, (c) that provide a first wages-paid date (planned wages); or (d) that have a NAICS industry code in manufacturing (31-33), retail stores (44), health care (62), or restaurants/food service (72). Applications for EINs occur before the jobs and wages are added, so this is a leading indicator.
Read more about the Business Application dataset from the
U.S. Census Bureau.
