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.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 weekly.
As of Tuesday, Jan. 31, according to the ADH website, in the last 7 days there were:
- 1,921 new cases
- 996,758 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
- 3,790 total active cases (-425)
- 979,871 recoveries
- 12,852 total deaths (+52)
- 224 currently hospitalized (-16)
- 18 on ventilators (-1)
- 4,605,206 vaccination doses given (+3,660)
- 295,608 partially immunized (+201)
- 1,697,157 fully immunized (+650)
- 7,931,436 tests reported
- 6,911,740 negative tests reported
The counties with the most new cases in the last 7 days:
- Craighead 222
- Pulaski: 218
- Washington: 118
Region 8 counties reporting positive cases of COVID-19 include:
| County | Total | Active | Recovered | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter | 10,534 | 32 | 10,221 | 282 |
| Clay | 5,074 | 54 | 4,918 | 100 |
| Cleburne | 7,986 | 21 | 7,817 | 143 |
| Craighead | 46,712 | 412 | 45,913 | 382 |
| Crittenden | 16,598 | 41 | 16,311 | 243 |
| Cross | 5,695 | 19 | 5,574 | 101 |
| Greene | 19,458 | 167 | 19,093 | 195 |
| Independence | 12,688 | 27 | 12,430 | 230 |
| Jackson | 7,194 | 18 | 7,100 | 75 |
| Lawrence | 6,427 | 35 | 6,303 | 89 |
| Mississippi | 16,235 | 103 | 15,898 | 232 |
| Poinsett | 9,969 | 94 | 9,737 | 138 |
| Randolph | 6,345 | 25 | 6,214 | 104 |
| St. Francis | 8,516 | 27 | 8,382 | 107 |
| Sharp | 5,681 | 17 | 5,539 | 120 |
| Stone | 3,670 | 38 | 3,552 | 79 |
| White | 26,890 | 101 | 26,445 | 335 |
| Woodruff | 2,260 | 3 | 2,224 | 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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