PHOENIX - Arizona surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases Friday, becoming the 13th state to reach the grim milestone while contending with yet another major spike in infections.The benchmark is the latest in a tumultuous year and a half where Arizona went from being touted as a pandemic success story to being "the hot spot of the world" and then being a model again when vaccinations became available.
Now, the state, like the rest of the country, is coping with a surge — mostly of the unvaccinated — and ongoing conflicts over mask and vaccine mandates.It ranks 13th nationwide in the number of cases per 100,000 residents, according to the U.S.