Governor Asa Hutchinson provided today’s update on Arkansas’s COVID-19 response.
“While we saw a significant decline in new cases, our testing was also lower. An additional 44 deaths and a slight increase in hospitalizations remind us of the challenge we continue to face with this pandemic and what happens if we don’t follow health department guidelines.”
Here are today’s COVID-19 statewide numbers (click to enlarge):
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- Case Numbers
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- Vaccine Numbers
In its Monday update, the Arkansas Department of Health reported…
- 636 new cases;
- 17,792 active cases;
- 1,084 hospitalized, up 4 from Sunday;
- 187 on ventilators, up 17 from Sunday;
- 44 deaths added today, for a total of 4,650;
- a total of 284,702 cases;
- 211,684 recoveries;
- 6,486 PCR tests;
- 357 antigen tests.
The Health Department reported that the top counties for new cases are…
- Pulaski, 138;
- Washington, 69;
- Benton, 66;
- Craighead, 33; and
- Jefferson, 29
Saline County numbers are as follows:
- Total Cumulative Cases: 9,927
Confirmed Cases: 7,548
Probable Cases: 2,379 - Total Active Cases: 685
Active Confirmed Cases: 481
Active Probable Cases: 204 - Total Recovered Cases: 9,100
Recovered Confirmed Cases: 6,946
Recovered Probable Cases: 2,154 - Total Deaths: 140
Confirmed Deaths: 119
Probable Deaths: 21