After four consecutive days of record-setting new covid-19 cases, Arkansas recorded 8,171 new cases Saturday, 263 fewer than Friday’s latest record but still 384 more than Thursday’s total, according to data collected by the state Department of Health.
Active, or currently infectious, cases continued to climb Saturday, adding 6,672 and reaching a record of 57,382 after Friday’s total was the first to exceed 50,000 since the pandemic began.