Cases continue to surge in the state according to the numbers reported Thursday by the Arkansas Department of Health with active cases increasing by more than 800 and another day of nearly 1,900 new cases.
Health officials reported 1,860 new cases of COVID-19 and 876 new active cases, pushing the total case count to 370,326 and active case count to 12,779.
State officials reported 15 new deaths since Wednesday, moving that total to 6,035 for the duration of the pandemic.
The ADH reported that 849 Arkansans are currently hospitalized from the virus, an increase of one from the day prior, with 2 more patients on ventilators in the last 24 hours, putting the total at 158.
Many Arkansas organizations are reacting to the recent surges in cases.