Governor: State acquires 70,000 face shields for public school employees

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson was joined by members of his cabinet to update citizens on the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.

Listen to the address in full here:

Arkansas reports near-record increase in COVID-19 deaths

The Department of Health said the 21 new deaths bring the state’s death toll to 732 since tracking of the outbreak began in March. The number of people hospitalized because of COVID-19 dropped by seven to 435.

The department said at least 58,023 people have tested positive for the virus, and 5,390 of those are active cases.

Wednesday’s deaths are the most since Friday when the state announced 22 people died from COVID-19.