COVID-19 in Arkansas: Active cases decrease after hitting 4,000 on Sunday

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – New information launched Monday reveals that the variety of lively COVID-19 instances in Arkansas confirmed a slight dip of lively instances after Sunday noticed numbers transfer previous 4,000.

The Arkansas Division of Well being information confirmed 3,903 lively instances of the virus Monday, down 179 from the day gone by. There have been 118 new instances of the virus, elevating the whole variety of instances within the state to 843,183 because the pandemic started.

The most recent figures additionally confirmed a rise of 4 hospitalizations within the final 24 hours, transferring that depend to 71. The variety of sufferers on ventilators elevated by one to 5, whereas sufferers in ICU because of the virus remained at 15.

Well being officers reported three further deaths attributed to COVID-19 Monday, rising the quantity of people that died in Arkansas from COVID-19 because the starting of the pandemic to 11,484.

Within the final 24 hours, 126 new COVID-19 vaccine doses got out in Arkansas. The variety of Arkansans who’re absolutely immunized rose to 1,595,872, with one other 376,440 being partially immunized.