COVID-19 deaths in Arkansas set a new daily record

The Arkansas Department of Health on Friday (Dec. 11) reported 55 confirmed and probable deaths from COVID-19, a new daily record. There were also 54 new hospital admissions reported Friday, resulting in 113 new admissions reported in the previous two days.

Total cumulative confirmed and probable cases rose by 2,770 to 181,624, and confirmed and probable active cases rose by 983 to 20,706. The 55 deaths pushed the total to 2,875.

“We have once again reached a grave milestone in this pandemic. 55 Arkansans lost their lives yesterday as a result of COVID-19. While we may have hope ahead from promising vaccine news, we cannot grow weary over the next few weeks. This virus spreads easily and can infect any of us. Please take proper precautions,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a statement.

COVID REPORT – Dec. 11
New known COVID-19 cases, active cases, tests
• 156,011 known cumulative PCR cases, with 1,845 new community cases and 93 reported cases in correctional facilities
• There were 15,516 test results provided in the previous 24 hours.
• There were 3,537 antigen tests in the previous 24 hours with 665 positives.

Deaths
• 2,588, up 29
• 287 probable COVID-related deaths, up 26

Hospitalizations
1,059, up 54

Ventilators
185, up 4

Recovered cases
137,401

The top five counties with new known cases reported Thursday were: Pulaski (297), Washington (248), Benton (205), Faulkner (128), and Saline (127). The counties accounted for 54.5% of the 1,845 new community cases.

As of Friday at 1 p.m., there were 15,694,607 U.S. cases and 293,341 deaths. Globally, there were 69,911,942 cases and 1,588,522 deaths.