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The longtime former Osceola mayor had been battling the coronavirus since November.
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With hospitalizations continuing to set new daily records, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Dec. 1) discussed changes to the state’s trauma system to coordinate COVID-19 care, and efforts to expedite bringing teachers into the state’s beleaguered public schools.
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A Nov. 15 letter signed by more than 270 Arkansas doctors asked Gov. Asa Hutchinson to do more to stop the “unchecked” COVID-19 spread. Of the 1,124 ICU beds in the state, there were only 83 available as of 2 p.m. Wednesday according to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH).
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Tuesday’s report from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) showed another record in active COVID cases (12,569), and that hospitalizations rose by 34 to reach a new daily record of 895. The White House report painted a bleak picture of the pandemic spread in the state in recent weeks.
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COVID-19 cases on Monday (Nov. 16) again topped 1,000 with a record 12,490 active cases and a record daily death number of 42, according to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH).
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The Arkansas Department of Health on Wednesday reported 1,962 confirmed and probable new COVID cases, bringing the known cumulative total to 126,197. The new cases surpass the previous record of 1,870 set Nov. 6. Confirmed and probable deaths rose by 14 to 2,126.
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Tuesday’s (Nov. 10) report from the Arkansas Department of Health showed a record number of active cases (10,105), a record number of hospitalizations (810) and a record number of COVID patients on ventilators (127).
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Unlike previous years, voting will take place on the concourse level of FNB Arena. Voters will enter and exit through the yellow entrance on the west side of the building, closest to University Loop East.
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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.
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While Northeast Arkansas has been hit hard in recent weeks with a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Texarkana area in southwest corner of the state has some of the highest 14-day moving average positivity rates.