Arkansas Department of Health officials reported Wednesday the state ranks 10th in the country for new virus cases per capita, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The Department of Health reported 1,079 new probable and confirmed cases, bringing the state’s total since the pandemic began to 95,246.The state’s COVID-19 fatalities increased by 23 to 1,634. Hospitalizations dropped by 18 to 587, two days after hitting a record high.
Governor Asa Hutchinson said the state has adequate hospital capacity, though he has talked with health officials about increasing capacity if hospitalizations continue to rise. A quarter of the state’s 9,120 hospital beds and about 13% of its 1,054 intensive care unit beds are available, according to the Department of Health. There are 242 COVID-19 patients in ICUs around the state.
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