State of Arkansas
Today, Arkansas Secretary of Health Jose Romero announced that 735 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the last 24 hours in the state. This brings the state's cumulative cases to 47,028.
Of the 47,028 cases, 6,958 are considered active with 71 in nursing homes, 548 in correctional facilities and 6,339 in the community.
When it came to today's cases, 44 were detected in correctional facilities and 691 were detected in the community at large. Counties with the highest number of new cases today included Pulaski County with 73 additional cases, Garland County with 24 new cases and Saline County with 21 additional cases.
Romero said that 4,514 people were tested for the virus in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 8.6 percent. That brings the total test number for August tests to 27,998.
Hospitalizations decreased by 2 since yesterday, bringing the total currently hospitalized to 514. Of those hospitalized, 111 are on ventilators.