Tuesday, January 12, 2021
By Robert Cox and Scott LoftisCCNnews@cox-internet.com
Three more Carroll County residents have died from complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Arkansas Department of Health, and Berryville School District superintendent Owen Powell confirmed Monday that a teacher in the district has died.
According to numbers released Monday morning by the Arkansas Department of Health, the total number of deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus in the county now stands at 33. Statewide, the death toll has risen to 4,043.
Its unclear if the 33 Carroll County deaths reported by the health department include the Berryville teacher.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Arkansas Department of Health
While many hospitals across the country are struggling to deal with another surge of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic particularly rural hospitals, where beds and staff are limited and space for transfers is limited Carroll Countys two largest healthcare facilities are weathering the storm without any major problems and are rapidly completing the process of vaccinating their staff against the novel coronavirus.
At Mercy Hospital Hospital in Berryville, a 25-bed critical access facility, the number of patients both COVID-related and non-COVID has remained manageable and most of the approximately 125-member hospital staff has already received at least the first dose of the vaccine. Many began receiving the second dose last week.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
By Robert Cox and Samantha JonesCCNnews@cox-internet.com
According to numbers released by the Arkansas Department of Health on Tuesday morning, there were 127 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since last week, with no additional deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus and nearly 130 additional reported recoveries.
Statewide, however, the health department reported 18,253 new cases since Jan. 5, an increase of 8.4 percent. In the past seven days, more than 260 additional deaths have been reported.
The increases come nearly three weeks after the first round of vaccines were delivered to hospitals around the state as part of a massive inoculation effort aimed at vaccinating healthcare workers in advance of a larger effort aimed at the general populace.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Carroll County reached a new mark Monday morning with a cumulative total of 2,000 COVID-19 cases, along with 30 total deaths including two in the past week attributed to the novel coronavirus.
The increases come two weeks after the first shipment of vaccine arrived in the county on Dec. 18, with doses administered to healthcare workers at hospitals in Berryville and Eureka Springs.
Statewide, the number of infections has reached more than 214,000 cases, while nearly 3,500 Arkansans have reportedly died from complications related to the virus.
Last week, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said the next vaccine shipment should arrive in the state soon.
Ian Scott Moran, 28, was booked into the Carroll County Detention Center on Dec. 17.
He appeared before Carroll County District Judge Dale Ramsey on Friday, Dec. 18. Ramsey found probable cause to charge Moran with attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer; fleeing; aggravated assault; first-degree battery; second-degree battery; failure to appear on aggravated assault, fleeing, possession of methamphetamine and other charges; theft by receiving; possession of a body art instrument; driving left of center; driving on a suspended license due to DWI; reckless driving; no proof of liability insurance; fictitious vehicle license; no proof of ownership, littering; defective equipment; failure to use a turn signal; failure to stop or yield; no seat belt; speeding; and improper display of license plate.