KARK:
COVID-19 continues to set new records in Arkansas, with new highs in the number of new and active cases set Thursday, while hospitalizations also increased significantly.
According to the Arkansas Department of Health, the active case count has increased 137% in just one week. The active case count continues to rise, climbing by 6,015 to 44,169 from the previous day, the ADH reported.
There were 7,787 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, pushing the total since the beginning of the pandemic to 596,409.
The data from the ADH show that the number of deaths increased by 22 to 9,278 in the Thursday report.