KARK:
Arkansas blasted over 80,000 active cases of COVID-19 on Friday, marking yet another record day as the weekend begins, while hospitalizations also passed 1,300, getting steadily closer to last summer’s record high.
There were 6,464 active cases of the virus reported by the Arkansas Department of Health on Friday, bringing the state’s reported positive cases to 85,810. This also marks the 18th straight day of increases in active cases and the 12th day in a row that the increases had broken the previous active case record.