Daily Report: Arkansas Dept. of Health monitoring COVID-19

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily.

As of Sunday, Jan. 16, according to the ADH website, there were:

5,386 new cases
681,176 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
96,379 active cases (+2,113)
575,152 recoveries
9,434 total deaths (+4)
1,385 currently hospitalized (+28)
168 on ventilators (+3)
3,170 vaccination doses administered
370,237 partially immunized (+810)
1,528,168 fully immunized (+444)
6,119,257 people total have been tested
5,414,454 people have tested negative

The counties with the highest new cases:

Pulaski: 669
Washington: 531
Benton: 448

“We recognize Arkansans’ concerns about this illness, and we are committed to keeping the public informed with as much information as we have about the virus, while also protecting the

Region 8 counties reporting positive cases of COVID-19 include:

County	Total	Active	Recovered	Deaths
Baxter	7,297	544	6,542	209
Clay	3,361	366	2,916	77
Cleburne	5,172	793	4,270	105
Craighead	31,291	4,554	26,465	267
Crittenden	12,228	1,701	10,330	194
Cross	3,909	602	3,234	73
Greene	13,238	1,802	11,294	139
Independence	8,579	1,072	7,324	181
Jackson	5,157	305	4,802	49
Lawrence	4,141	345	3,732	64
Mississippi	11,266	1,517	9,583	165
Poinsett	6,642	812	5,723	107
Randolph	4,103	290	3,743	69
St. Francis	6,128	779	5,275	74
Sharp	3,725	293	3,334	82
Stone	2,281	195	2,034	51
White	17,372	2,101	15,045	218
Woodruff	1,367	165	1,178	24

Nursing Homes: For the latest report on COVID-19 cases among Arkansas nursing home residents and staff, click here.

The ADH has released an interactive map of COVID-19′s spread throughout the state, including the number of cases, recoveries, and deaths by county.

It can also be viewed here.

For a national county-by-county interactive map, based on per capita COVID-19 cases, go here: https://bit.ly/COVIDpercapita »

For questions concerning the coronavirus, the ADH has established a call center staffed by health care providers.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., those with urgent and non-urgent questions should call 1-800-803-7847.

After 4:30 p.m., urgent calls needing an immediate response should call 501-661-2136.

ADH COVID-19 Dashboard

For the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19, click here.

March 11, 2020: Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces the first “presumptive case” of coronavirus in the state.
March 19, 2020: Craighead County records its first case of COVID-19.
March 24, 2020: First death reported in Arkansas
April 9, 2020: Jonesboro orders emergency COVID-19 curfew
April 15, 2020: First COVID-19 death reported in Craighead County