After nearly a week of declining cases, Arkansas had a record number of cases on Friday. Over the weekend cases were reported as 631 on Saturday and 508 on Sunday.
Counties in our area are seeing an increased number of new cases according to the Arkansas Department of Health on Monday.
Lawrence County has seen a dramatic rise in cases and currently has 49 active. The ADH reported 5 active cases and 2 active staff at Lawrence Hall as of Sept. 5th/Aug 28th in their last released Nursing Home data. They also report educational institutions with 5 or more cases and WBU is on that list with 9 active students as of September 10th.
Clay 36 active cases and 5 deaths
Craighead 374 active cases and 16 deaths
Fulton 17 active cases and 1 death
Greene 68 active cases and 7 deaths
Independence 82 active cases and 12 deaths
Izard 17 active cases and 0 deaths
Jackson 44 active cases and 1 death
Lawrence 49 active cases and 11 deaths
Mississippi 96 active cases and 37 deaths
Poinsett 52 active cases and 7 deaths
Randolph 19 active cases and 18 deaths
Sharp 16 active cases and 6 deaths
