COVID-19 Metrics for Sevier County
Total Cumulative Cases: 1,206
Total Active Cases: 7
Total Recovered Cases: 1,181
Total Deaths: 18

COVID-19 Metrics for Howard County
Total Cumulative Cases: 482
Total Active Cases: 17
Total Recovered Cases: 453
Total Deaths: 12

COVID-19 Metrics for Little River County
Total Cumulative Cases: 359
Total Active Cases: 9
Total Recovered Cases: 325
Total Deaths: 25

COVID-19 Metrics for Polk County
Total Cumulative Cases: 268
Total Active Cases: 15
Total Recovered Cases: 249
Total Deaths: 4

COVID-19 Metrics for Pike County
Total Cumulative Cases: 231
Total Active Cases: 12
Total Recovered Cases: 216
Total Deaths: 3

LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson provided today's update on Arkansas's COVID-19 response.

In its Wednesday update, the Arkansas Department of Health reported 942 new cases; 7,009 active cases; 490 hospitalized, which is unchanged from Tuesday; 93 on ventilators, which is down 4 from Tuesday; deaths added today, 19, for a total of 1,369; a total of 83,697 cases; 73,007 recoveries; PCR tests, 8,184; antigen tests, 1,405.

The Health Department reported that the top counties for new cases are Pulaski, 51; Washington, 43; Craighead, 39; Benton, 28; and Faulkner, 26.

Governor Hutchinson released the following statement on today’s COVID-19 numbers:

“Today’s numbers show a continued decline in our 7-day positivity rate with consistently high testing numbers each day. We have administered over 1 million COVID-19 tests since March and we have the infrastructure and supplies to increase our capacity as needed.”

Here are today's COVID-19 statewide numbers: