Andrew DeMillo

Former White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders has launched her bid to be the next governor of Arkansas. Sanders said Monday she’s seeking the Republican nomination for the top office in her home state.

Rep. Marcus Richmond said Wednesday he tested positive for the virus. He's the latest in an outbreak that prompted a halt to budget hearings last week.

A coronavirus outbreak in the Arkansas Legislature has grown by two, pushing the number of lawmakers who have caught the disease in the past week and a half to nine.

An Arkansas school superintendent has died from the illness caused by the coronavirus. The Atkins School District announced that Superintendent Jody Jenkins died Tuesday morning due to complications from COVID-19.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is reporting 16 more deaths from COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and 35 more people hospitalized as the number of new cases continues to rise. The Department of Health on Monday reported that the number of deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March now totals 1,197. The number of deaths includes both confirmed and probable cases. The number of confirmed cases in the state rose by 596 to 74,286. The state says 447 people are currently in the hospital with COVID-19. The White House Coronavirus Task Force says two-thirds of Arkansas’ counties have moderate or high levels of community transmission.

Arkansas surpassed 1,000 total deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus on Tuesday, including more than 100 newly-counted fatalities from probable cases over the past several weeks. The state reported 17 new deaths among confirmed coronavirus cases, and 139 from probable cases. The probable cases come from people who tested positive through antigen testing or had COVID-19 listed as a cause of death but did not have lab results. The latest figures bring Arkansas' total COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began in March to 1,149. It's not clear how far back the probable cases go.

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