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Arkansas' positivity rate for tests for covid-19 in the past seven days reached a record high of 23.8% Monday, while the number of active cases was the highest -- at 27,162 -- since levels reached a year ago.
Arkansas' positivity rate for tests for covid-19 in the past seven days reached a record high of 23.8% Monday, while the number of active cases was the highest -- at 27,162 -- since levels reached a year ago.
Continuing a surge blamed on the fast-spreading omicron-variant, Arkansas' count of coronavirus cases shot up by more than 2,400 on Tuesday, the biggest one-day rise in more than three months.
Continuing a surge blamed on the fast-spreading omicron-variant, Arkansas' count of coronavirus cases shot up by more than 2,400 on Tuesday, the biggest one-day rise in more than three months.
The number of new covid-19 cases in Arkansas jumped to a level higher Thursday than has been seen for three months, topping 1,300 cases two days before Christmas.
The number of new covid-19 cases in Arkansas jumped to a level higher Thursday than has been seen for three months, topping 1,300 cases two days before Christmas.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday urged unvaccinated Arkansans to get shots as a way of preparing for a potential wave of infections caused by the fast-spreading omicron variant, but he ruled out measures such as reimposing a statewide mask mandate.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday urged unvaccinated Arkansans to get shots as a way of preparing for a potential wave of infections caused by the fast-spreading omicron variant, but he ruled out measures such as reimposing a statewide mask mandate.
Despite a downturn in new cases this week compared to a week earlier, Arkansas' hospitalizations from covid-19 continued rising on Friday, with the number in intensive care topping 200 for the first time in almost two months.