White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator says Arizona cases are leveling

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — One of the nation’s coronavirus hot spots got a sliver a good news Wednesday when an Arizona State University researcher and the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator both said an exponential rise in the percentage of people testing positive for the virus appears to have leveled off.The news was tempered by reports that hospitals nearly full and the state is seeing 3,500 new cases a day. Figures released by the Department of Health Services show