LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (WMC) - In a daily update, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and authorities with the Arkansas Department of Health say there are now 508 COVID-19 cases in Arkansas and seven deaths related to the virus.
Arkansas County has also been confirmed to have its first case. More than 6,000 people have been tested across the state.
Breakdown on COVID-19 cases in Arkansas:
71 cases related to domestic travel
73 healthcare workers affected
62 people hospitalized
47 nursing home patients
5 total nursing homes affected
21 people on ventilators
37 people with diabetes
10 people with chronic kidney disease
12 people with immunodeficiency issues
“We recognize Arkansans’concerns about this illness, and we are committed to keeping the public informed with as much information as we have about the virus, while also protecting the privacy of individual patients,” the ADH stated in a March 2 news release.
The ADH has released an interactive map of COVID-19′s spread throughout the state, county-by-county.
