Weekly report: Arkansas Department of Health monitoring for COVID-19

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KITE) – The Arkansas Department of Health monitoring the spread of COVID-19 week

According to the ADH website, until Wednesday, October 19, in the last 7 days:

• 1,872 new cases
• 956,424 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
• 2,924 total active cases (-70)
• 940,868 recoveries
• 12,386 total deaths (+65)
• 154 people are currently hospitalized (-18)
• 3 in fans (-6)
• 4,420,083 doses of vaccine administered (+21,410)
• 290,720 partially immunized (+426)
• 1,674,184 fully vaccinated (+2,577)
• 7,595,610 tests reported
• 6,616,152 negative tests were reported

Cities with the highest number of new cases in the last 7 days:

1. Pulaski: 243
2. Washington: 134
3. Craighead: 108

The 8 provinces reporting positive cases of COVID-19 are:

County	Total	active	Restored	Deaths
Baxter	10,229	38	9,916	272
Clay	4,735	9	4,626	98
Cleburne	7,586	29	7,413	139
Craighead	44,011	205	43,438	363
Crittenden	15,946	42	15,665	236
Cross	5,493	10	5,386	96
Green	18,388	69	18,128	188
Independence	12,154	26	11,904	223
Jackson	6,920	20	6,828	71
Lawrence	6,144	16	6,042	86
Mississippi	15,501	67	15,207	225
Poinsett	9,401	26	9,239	136
Randolph	6,027	12	5,913	100
Saint Francis	8,223	22	8,097	104
fast	5,445	18	5,305	117
Stone	3,445	26	3,346	72
White	25,669	121	25,213	326
Woodruff	2,150	6	2,112	32

Nursing homes: ADH last updated cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas nursing homes on May 23, 2022. To view this report, Click here.

ADH has released an interactive map of the spread of COVID-19 across the state, including the number of cases, recoveries and deaths by county.

It can also be seen here.

For an interactive city-by-city map, based on COVID-19 cases per capitago here: https://bit.ly/COVIDpercapita »

For questions about the coronavirus, ADH has set up a call center staffed by healthcare providers.

From 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., those with urgent and non-urgent questions should call 1-800-803-7847.

After 4:30 p.m., emergency calls requiring an immediate response should call 501-661-2136.

For the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about COVID-19, click here.

• March 11, 2020: Governor Asa Hutchinson announces The first “probable case” coronavirus disease in the state.
• March 19, 2020: Craighead County records it the first case from COVID-19.
• March 24, 2020: The first death was reported in Arkansas
• April 9, 2020: Jonesboro orders COVID-19 emergency curfew
• April 15, 2020: First COVID-19 The death was reported in Craighead County

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