Weekly Report: Arkansas Dept. of Health monitoring COVID-19
A weekly update on the coronavirus outbreak in Arkansas, as well as links to local and national stories, and tips on prevention and care.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 weekly.
As of Wednesday, Feb. 8, according to the ADH website, in the last 7 days there were:
- 1,576 new cases
- 998,334 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
- 3,109 total active cases (-681)
- 982,418 recoveries
- 12,896 total deaths (+44)
- 181 currently hospitalized (-43)
- 14 on ventilators (-4)
- 4,607,163 vaccination doses given (+1,957)
- 295,684 partially immunized (+76)
- 1,697,546 fully immunized (+389)
- 7,950,142 tests reported
- 6,928,388 negative tests reported
The counties with the most new cases in the last 7 days:
- Pulaski: 221
- Craighead 117
- Washington: 92
Region 8 counties reporting positive cases of COVID-19 include:
| County | Total | Active | Recovered | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter | 10,586 | 63 | 10,238 | 282 |
| Clay | 5,102 | 48 | 4,952 | 100 |
| Cleburne | 7,999 | 19 | 7,830 | 145 |
| Craighead | 46,877 | 323 | 46,166 | 383 |
| Crittenden | 16,625 | 43 | 16,335 | 244 |
| Cross | 5,709 | 27 | 5,578 | 103 |
| Greene | 19,548 | 142 | 19,206 | 197 |
| Independence | 12,705 | 34 | 12,440 | 230 |
| Jackson | 7,204 | 18 | 7,110 | 75 |
| Lawrence | 6,462 | 46 | 6,327 | 89 |
| Mississippi | 16,286 | 81 | 15,970 | 233 |
| Poinsett | 10,000 | 53 | 9,808 | 139 |
| Randolph | 6,396 | 36 | 6,252 | 106 |
| St. Francis | 8,523 | 20 | 8,396 | 107 |
| Sharp | 5,687 | 18 | 5,543 | 121 |
| Stone | 3,683 | 28 | 3,574 | 80 |
| White | 26,950 | 100 | 26,505 | 336 |
| Woodruff | 2,261 | 2 | 2,226 | 33 |
Nursing Homes: The ADH last updated the COVID-19 cases in Arkansas nursing homes on May 23, 2022. To view that report, click here.
The ADH has released an interactive map of COVID-19′s spread throughout the state, including the number of cases, recoveries, and deaths by county.
For a national county-by-county interactive map, based on per capita COVID-19 cases, go here: https://bit.ly/COVIDpercapita »
For questions concerning the coronavirus, the ADH has established a call center staffed by health care providers.
Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., those with urgent and non-urgent questions should call 1-800-803-7847.
After 4:30 p.m., urgent calls needing an immediate response should call 501-661-2136.
- March 11, 2020: Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces the first “presumptive case” of coronavirus in the state.
- March 19, 2020: Craighead County records its first case of COVID-19.
- March 24, 2020: First death reported in Arkansas
- April 9, 2020: Jonesboro orders emergency COVID-19 curfew
- April 15, 2020: First COVID-19 death reported in Craighead County
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