KARK:
Active cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas are continuing their upward trend even as health officials have seen a slight drop in hospitalizations.
The latest data from the Arkansas Department of Health showed there were 7,547 active cases of the virus as of Wednesday, an increase of 128 from the previous day.
The ADH also showed that there were 860 new cases in the last day, raising the total number of cases in Arkansas to 535,450 since the pandemic began in 2020.