Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson in his daily update Wednesday on COVID-19 says, “Today’s numbers show a continued decline in our seven-day positivity rate with consistently high testing numbers each day. We have administered over 1 million COVID-19 tests since March, and we have the infrastructure and supplies to increase our capacity as needed.”In its update, the Arkansas Department of Health reported 942 new cases; 7,009 active cases; 490 hospitalized, which is unchanged from Tuesday; and 93 on ventilators, which is down four from Tuesday.
The reported noted an additional 19 deaths, for a total of 1,369; a total of 83,697 cases; and 73,007 recoveries.
With regard to testing, 8,184 PCR tests have been administered and 1,405 antigen tests.
Here are Wednesday’s COVID-19 statewide numbers:
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