KNWA:
Arkansas recorded the highest daily increase in the number of deaths due to COVID-19 since early November on Monday while the number of active cases and hospitalizations went down.
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 related complications jumped by 26 to 8,982, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. This is the second day within the last week with more than 20 deaths, with the last day being Dec. 15 when 21 people died. This is also the highest one-day total for deaths since Nov. 2 when 28 deaths were recorded.
The ADH reported 434 new cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas, bringing the total cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 544,082. The number of active cases took another dive on Monday, dropping 375 cases to 7,317 cases.