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

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

As of 6 p.m., Monday, April 12, according to the ADH website, there were:

• 332,222 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
  • 260,579 confirmed cases
  • 71,643 probable cases
• 324,868 recoveries
• 1,640 active cases
  • 1,121 confirmed active cases
  • 519 probable active cases
• 5,665 total deaths
  • 4,514 deaths among confirmed cases
  • 1,151 deaths among probable cases
• 156 currently hospitalized
  • 51 in ICU
  • 17 on ventilators
• 3,442,968 people total have been tested
  • 9% positive PCR tests
  • 15.7% positive antigen tests
• 3,097,699 people have tested negative

The counties with the highest new cases added as of Monday, April 12:

1. Benton: 18
2. Washington: 11
3. Pulaski: 10

“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: