Daily Report: Arkansas Dept. of Health monitoring COVID-19

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily.

As of Wednesday, Jan. 26, according to the ADH website, there were:

6,561 new cases
756,385 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
84,226 active cases (-5,346)
662,361 recoveries
9,574 total deaths (+18)
1,819 currently hospitalized (+34)
223 on ventilators (-10)
4,854 vaccination doses administered
372,596 partially immunized (+72)
1,539,345 fully immunized (+1,273)
6,311,693 people total have been tested
5,531,777 people have tested negative

The counties with the highest new cases:

Pulaski: 688
Benton: 531
Washington: 465

“We recognize Arkansans’ concerns about this illness, and we are committed to keeping the public informed with as much information as we have about the virus, while also protecting the

Region 8 counties reporting positive cases of COVID-19 include:

County	Total	Active	Recovered	Deaths
Baxter	7,962	751	6,991	217
Clay	3,720	453	3,188	77
Cleburne	5,822	820	4,891	106
Craighead	33,822	2,930	30,613	273
Crittenden	12,998	801	11,998	196
Cross	4,376	513	3,790	73
Greene	14,533	1,554	12,835	141
Independence	9,559	1,145	8,230	182
Jackson	5,505	328	5,127	49
Lawrence	4,583	430	4,089	64
Mississippi	12,098	884	11,045	168
Poinsett	7,205	657	6,440	108
Randolph	4,440	274	4,092	73
St. Francis	6,665	603	5,987	75
Sharp	4,091	370	3,631	84
Stone	2,472	184	2,236	51
White	19,437	1,909	17,296	224
Woodruff	1,545	200	1,321	24

Nursing Homes: For the latest report on COVID-19 cases among Arkansas nursing home residents and staff, 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.

It can also be viewed here.

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.

ADH COVID-19 Dashboard

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

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