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Virus outbreak is Arizona's top story of 2020

by Bob Christie
| December 25, 2020 9:03 AM

PHOENIX (AP) — What began as a single case of a new coronavirus infecting someone affiliated with Arizona State University on Jan. 26 turned into a vast outbreak afflicting hundreds of thousands of Arizonans. As the end of the year approached, the virus had killed more than 8,000 people in the state.

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