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Arkansas Reports Record 42 COVID Death

Lines of cars go through a triage center Monday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock for people to be tested for the coronavirus. A spokeswoman says the average wait time has been three to four hours, with about 500 people tes
Michael Hibblen
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KUAR News

COVID-19 cases on Monday 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. Total confirmed and probable cases rose by 1,308 to 134,348, and confirmed and probable deaths rose by 42 to 2,225.

“The new cases are higher than last Monday, and this may be an indication we are in for a tough week ahead. The 42 new deaths is regrettably an all-time high in a single day. While there is good news on the vaccine front this morning, we have to work together to reduce cases, hospitalizations and save lives,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a statement.

Following are bed counts and resource use as reported Monday at 2 p.m. by hospitals to the Arkansas Department of Health:

  • Current hospitalizations: 861
  • Total Beds: 9,144
  • Total Beds Available: 2,392
  • Total ICU Beds: 1,103
  • Total ICU Beds Available: 87
  • Total COVID patients in ICU: 340
  • Total Vents: 1,036
  • Total Vents Available: 626
  • Total COVID patients on vents: 124

COVID REPORT – Nov. 16New known COVID-19 cases, active cases, tests

  • 120,008 known cumulative PCR cases, with 1,150 new community cases and 15 cases in correctional facilities
  • 14,340 probable cases, up from 14,197 on Sunday
  • There are 12,490 active cases, up from 12,203 on Sunday
  • There were 10,329 test results provided in the previous 24 hours
  • There were 620 antigen tests in the previous 24 hours with 112 positives.

Deaths:

  • 2,038, up 38
  • 187 probable COVID-related deaths, up 4

Hospitalizations861, up 31

Ventilators
123, up 7

Recovered cases
105,468

The top five counties with new known cases reported Monday were: Washington (161), Pulaski (130), Benton (70), Sebastian (64), and Craighead (63). The counties accounted for 42.4% of the 1,150 new community cases.

As of Monday at 1:30 p.m., there were 11,101,090 U.S. cases and 246,684 deaths. Globally, there were 54,678,159 cases and 1,321,403 deaths.

This story comes from the staff of Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with KUAR News. You can hear the weekly program on Mondays at 6:06 p.m.
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