High-Frequency Update: 9-3-23

The Arizona Department of Health Services has stopped reporting daily COVID data and now reports it weekly. As of August 30, there have been 2.5 million COVID cases in Arizona, 33,729 COVID-related deaths, and 77.0% of residents have been vaccinated.

Arizona initial claims for unemployment insurance fell modestly to 3,464 for the week ended August 26. That was down from 3,627 the prior week but up 19.2% over the year. Claims were down 2.0% from 2019.

U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 192,467 for the week ended August 26, down from 199,437 the prior week. Claims were up 7.4% over the year and up 8.8% from 2019.

The U.S. hotel occupancy rate fell to 65.0% for the week ended August 26. That was down from 67.0% the prior week and down 3.4% over the year. The occupancy rate was also down 7.3% from 2019.

U.S. movie box office sales fell for the fifth consecutive week for the week ended August 31, reaching $124.8 million. Sales were up 14.3% over the year but down 20.0% from 2019. New movie releases were down 43.1% from 2019.

U.S. TSA traveler throughput fell slightly for the week ended September 2, hitting 16.2 million. Throughput was up 8.5% over the year but down 0.4% from 2019.

Arizona new business applications rose to 710 for the week ended August 26, up from 680 the prior week. That was up 7.6% 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Data on seated diners at restaurants using the OpenTable app is no longer being updated to compare the current week to 2019 results.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.