Arizona has seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations since the state stay-at-home order expired 15 May 2020 (12News, AZ Big Media). The outcome will be determined using data provided on the Arizona Department of Health Services' Data Dashboard (COVID-19 Data Dashboard). Click the "Hospital Bed Usage & Availability" icon to bring up the relevant chart, making sure that the "ICU Bed Usage & Availability" tab is selected. The data for each date are broken into two segments ("Available" and "In Use"), which will be displayed by hovering your cursor over the relevant segment. For 1 June 2020, there were 1,253 beds in use and 419 beds available, which put available bed capacity at 25.1%. Percentages shown of the site will not be used for resolution.

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The question closed "Not before 7 August 2020" with a closing date of 7 August 2020.

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