Arkansas

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

Published

3 years ago

May 3, 2021

By MDMH Staff

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

As of 4 p.m., Monday, May 3, according to the ADH website, there were:

336,166 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
- 263,236 confirmed cases
- 72,930 probable cases
328,424 recoveries
1,939 active cases
- 1,339 confirmed active cases
- 600 probable active cases
5,747 total deaths
- 4,565 deaths among confirmed cases
- 1,182 deaths among probable cases
172 currently hospitalized
- 78 in ICU
- 29 on ventilators
3,542,780 people total have been tested
- 8.8% positive PCR tests
- 15.3% positive antigen tests
3,193,412 people have tested negative

The counties with the highest new cases added as of Monday, May 3:

Benton: 11
Pulaski: 9
Faulkner: 8

“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 privacy of individual patients,” the ADH stated in a March 2, 2020 news release.

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

County	Total	Active	Recovered	Deaths	Negatives
Baxter	3,159	27	3,029	103	22,187
Clay	1,755	14	1,691	50	18,670
Cleburne	1,975	8	1,892	74	23,076
Craighead	13,376	115	13,081	179	125,044
Crittenden	6,038	67	5,873	96	44,266
Cross	1,943	4	1,889	50	16,864
Greene	6,104	34	5,994	75	50,739
Independence	3,755	9	3,623	123	43,676
Jackson	3,218	4	3,175	38	27,621
Lawrence	2,111	24	2,044	43	16,139
Mississippi	5,834	38	5,689	107	41,847
Poinsett	3,160	11	3,072	77	28,740
Randolph	2,101	10	2,044	47	21,171
St. Francis	3,587	23	3,522	42	31,873
Sharp	1,592	11	1,536	45	18,121
Stone	987	3	954	30	12,420
White	7,954	41	7,793	118	55,251
Woodruff	645	1	631	13	8,816

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

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.

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.

Earlier Stories:

March 11, 2020: Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces thefirst “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