Covid-19 Report: New cases down 82% from 2 month ago

Governor Hutchinson released the following statement on today’s COVID-19 numbers:

“Most numbers continue to trend in the right direction: new cases and hospitalizations are down; vaccinations are up by 13,571. This trend reflects our drive to beat the coronavirus. Let’s keep doing everything that we’ve been doing so that we can rid Arkansas of COVID-19.”

Here are today’s COVID-19 statewide numbers:

In its Wednesday update, the Arkansas Department of Health reported:

• 403 new cases;
• 4,261 active cases;
• 372 hospitalized, down 25 from yesterday;
• 85 on ventilators, down 6 from yesterday;
• 12 deaths added today, for a total of 5,273;
• 323,756 total cases;
• 247,719 recoveries;
• 8,154 PCR tests;
• 1,331 antigen tests.

The Health Department reported that the top counties for new cases are:

• Benton, 64;
• Washington, 57;
• Garland, 28;
• Pulaski, 27; and
• Sebastian, 19.

Saline County numbers are as follows:

Total Cumulative Cases: 11,459
Confirmed Cases: 8,510
Probable Cases: 2,949

Total Active Cases: 124
Active Confirmed Cases: 71
Active Probable Cases: 53

Total Recovered Cases: 11,179
Recovered  Confirmed Cases: 8,306
Recovered Probable Cases: 2,873

Total Deaths: 154
Confirmed Deaths: 131
Probable Deaths: 23