22 Covid deaths added on Thursday; Gov to address hospital capacity on Friday

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

• 2,238 new cases;
• 16,998 active cases;
• 899 hospitalized, down 2 from Wednesday;
• 146 on ventilators, up 3 from Wednesday;
• 22 deaths added today, for a total of 2,297;
• a total of 139,855 cases; 109,135 recoveries;
• PCR tests, 11,560;
• antigen tests, 2,034.

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

• Pulaski, 207;
• Washington, 131;
• Sebastian, 122;
• Benton, 110; and
• Craighead, 102.

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

“I will be addressing the high number of new cases in a Friday news conference. Today we implemented the first recommendation of the COVID-19 Winter Task Force, and I will address hospital capacity tomorrow.”

COVID-19 Metrics for Saline County

Total Cumulative Cases: 4,004
Confirmed Cases: 3,405
Probable Cases: 599

Total Active Cases: 614
Active Confirmed Cases: 428
Active Probable Cases: 186

Total Recovered Cases: 3,341
Recovered  Confirmed Cases: 2,930
Recovered Probable Cases: 411

Total Deaths: 48
Confirmed Deaths: 46
Probable Deaths: 2

Here are today’s COVID-19 statewide numbers:

The link for case numbers in the entire state is:

• https://adem.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f533ac8a8b6040e5896b05b47b17a647