The number of people reported to be hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas jumped by 33 on Monday, even as the state s new case numbers continued to show signs of leveling off.
Arkansas count of coronavirus cases rose by almost 2,000 on Friday as the number of people hospitalized in the state with the virus topped 300 for the first time since March.
Covid-19 cases across the state rose by 2,395 Wednesday, the highest number of new cases in a single day since early February, according to data from the state Department of Health.
In a further indication of the accelerating spread of the coronavirus in Arkansas, the state s count of cases rose Wednesday by 1,332, the second daily increase in a row that topped 1,000 and the third-largest one-day spike since February.
Arkansas count of coronavirus cases rose Tuesday by 1,420 the second-highest daily increase since February and the fourth one in the past two weeks that was in the quadruple digits.