Dr. Jose Romero
Dr. Jose Romero, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, gave an update on the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday.
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Arkansas reports 735 new coronavirus cases, 7 more deaths
The Department of Health said at least 47,028 people in the state have tested positive for the virus. The department said 6,958 of those cases are active, meaning they don’t include people who have recovered or died.
The number of people in the state who have died from COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, rose to 515. The number of people in the state hospitalized because of COVID-19 decreased by two to 514.