Governor Hutchinson released the following statement on today’s COVID-19 numbers:
“We continue to see high numbers of new cases and capacity pressures on our hospitals. I urge everyone to be careful as we enter another holiday to reduce the virus spread, and we need to support each other as Arkansans while we work to distribute the vaccine.”
In its Wednesday update, the Arkansas Department of Health reported:
- 3,184 new cases;
- 21,853 active cases;
- 1,174 hospitalized, up 13 from Tuesday;
- 205 on ventilators, up 7 from Tuesday;
- deaths added today, 34, for a total of 3,637;
- a total of 222,430 cases;
- 166,198 recoveries;
- PCR tests, 8,843;
- antigen tests, 4,389.
The Health Department reported that the top counties for new cases are:
- Pulaski, 355;
- Washington, 290;
- Benton, 278;
- Faulkner, 150; and
- Sebastian, 134.
Saline County numbers are as follows:
Total Cumulative Cases: 7,393
Confirmed Cases: 5,837
Probable Cases: 1,556
Total Active Cases: 748
Active Confirmed Cases: 535
Active Probable Cases: 213
Total Recovered Cases: 6,545
Recovered Confirmed Cases: 5,214
Recovered Probable Cases: 1,331
Total Deaths: 99
Confirmed Deaths: 87
Probable Deaths: 12
Here are today’s COVID-19 statewide numbers:
