Governor Hutchinson released the following statement on today’s COVID-19 numbers:
“Yesterday was a new record in antigen testing in Arkansas, and new cases are running flat week over week. Regretfully, we also saw another record in new deaths, with 58 deaths reported yesterday. We are distributing the vaccine across the state for our health care workers, and we continue to see high levels of community spread.”
In its Wednesday update, the Arkansas Department of Health reported:
- 2,306 new cases;
- 20,774 active cases;
- 1,079 hospitalized, up 9 from Tuesday;
- 184 on ventilators, down 6 from Tuesday;
- deaths added today, 58, for a total of 3,074;
- a total of 191,504 cases;
- 144,621 recoveries;
- PCR tests, 8,885;
- antigen tests, 4,696.
The Health Department reported that the top counties for new cases are:
- Pulaski, 242;
- Washington, 159;
- Benton, 153;
- Craighead, 110;
- and Faulkner, 103.
Saline County numbers are as follows:
Total Cumulative Cases: 6,373
Confirmed Cases: 5,132
Probable Cases: 1,241
Total Active Cases: 807
Active Confirmed Cases: 596
Active Probable Cases: 211
Total Recovered Cases: 5,482
Recovered Confirmed Cases: 4,461
Recovered Probable Cases: 1,021
Total Deaths: 83
Confirmed Deaths: 74
Probable Deaths: 9
Here are today’s COVID-19 statewide numbers:
