COVID-19 in Arkansas: Active cases, hospitalizations see uptick

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – New information launched Tuesday exhibits that the variety of energetic COVID-19 instances in Arkansas is again above 2,000 after a one-day decline, with the variety of hospitalizations additionally climbing.

The Arkansas Division of Well being information confirmed 2,056 energetic instances of the virus Tuesday, up 92 from the day before today. There have been 259 new instances of the virus, elevating the entire variety of instances within the state to 837,475 because the pandemic started.

The most recent figures additionally confirmed a bump of 5 hospitalizations within the final 24 hours, transferring that depend to 64. The variety of sufferers on a ventilator ticked up one to 12, whereas 23 sufferers are in ICU because of the virus, up by 4 from the day before today.

Well being officers reported no further deaths attributed to COVID-19 Tuesday, maintaining the variety of deaths attributed to COVID-19 because the starting of the pandemic at 11.409.

The most recent figures additionally confirmed that as of Tuesday 4,066,784 complete doses had been administered within the state, a rise of two,238 within the final 24 hours. The variety of Arkansans who’re absolutely immunized rose to 1,590,580, with one other 375,653 being partially immunized.