A year after first case in Arizona, Covid-19 is now a leading killer

WASHINGTON – Covid-19 is on the verge of becoming the leading cause of death in Arizona, surpassing cancer and closing in on heart disease, according to the latest data from the Arizona Department of Health Services. The Covid-19 death toll through Sunday was 12,239, according to numbers reported by the state Monday, a year after the first case in Arizona was confirmed on Jan. 26, 2020. That was more than the 12,097 Arizonans killed by cancer in 2018, the most recent year for which mortality…