Governor Asa Hutchinson provided today’s update on Arkansas’s COVID-19 response.
In its Friday update, the Arkansas Department of Health reported:
- 2,827 new cases;
- 18,032 active cases;
- 1,041 hospitalized, down 31 from Thursday;
- 191 on ventilators, up 1 from Thursday;
- deaths added today, 31, for a total of 2,586;
- a total of 167,137 cases;
- 128,911 recoveries;
- PCR tests, 13,451;
- antigen tests, 2,701.
The Health Department reported that the top counties for new cases are:
- Washington, 260;
- Benton, 228;
- Pulaski, 210;
- Craighead, 146; and
- Saline, 117.
Governor Hutchinson released the following statement on today’s COVID-19 numbers:
“Yesterday saw another record day of new cases. We also lost 31 Arkansans yesterday to COVID-19. We are at a critical point in combating this virus as we continue to see record numbers of new cases each day. This battle will not be won by the actions of a few; it will take each Arkansan doing our part to win this fight.”
Here are today’s COVID-19 statewide numbers:
Saline County numbers are as follows:
Total Cumulative Cases: 5,330
Confirmed Cases: 4,387
Probable Cases: 943
Total Active Cases: 769
Active Confirmed Cases: 566
Active Probable Cases: 203
Total Recovered Cases: 4,500
Recovered Confirmed Cases: 3,763
Recovered Probable Cases: 737
Total Deaths: 60
Confirmed Deaths: 57
Probable Deaths: 3