COVID-19 Update: Pediatric Cases in Arkansas Increase, Hospitalizations Continue To Drop

In figures published Friday, Arkansas edged closer to 60,000 total new cases of COVID-19 for the month of August, but hospital numbers fell for the second day in a row.

Pediatric COVID-19 cases in Arkansas increase while hospitalizations drop.

Figures of New Cases in Arkansas

In a recently published article in Kark, COVID-19 cases increased by 2,866 in the state, increasing the total number of cases to 446,430 since the outbreak began. ,More than a third of the new cases were in youngsters aged 17 and younger as the second week of school in Arkansas draws to a close

Patients aged 10 and younger experienced the greatest rise in instances in the previous 24 hours, according to state statistics, with 599 cases added. Patients aged 11 to 17 were just behind them, with 423 new cases. This adds up to a total of 1,022 new pediatric cases in the past 24 hours.

Furthermore, in the past 24 hours, 30 additional individuals with COVID-19 died in Arkansas, bringing the total number of fatalities in the state to 6,836. The number of active cases has risen by 653, bringing the total to 24,228, according to a recently published article on the website of UALR Public Radio.

Arkansas Hospitals Saw a Bit of Relief

While medical personnel continues to labor around the clock, Arkansas hospitals have seen some respite. The Arkansas Department of Health reports that there have been 4 fewer people on ventilators in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 348. COVID-19 reduced hospitalizations by one, to 1,324 patients in the state, with 507 patients needing ICU care, a reduction of 21 in the previous 24 hours.

New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Arkansas continue to drop in recent days. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators fell by two to 352 a day after the state reached a new high. In the state’s critical care units, there are 528 COVID-19 patients. Thirty ICU beds are presently available in the state, but it’s unknown how many are suited for COVID-19 patients. On Tuesday, the state ran out of ICU beds for coronavirus patients for the first time since the outbreak started.

Vaccinations in Arkansas Spike

The total number of Arkansans who have received their complete vaccination is currently 1,196,560, up 6,166 in the past 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, the number of partly immunized Arkansans has dropped by 1,438, bringing the total to 346,346. As of Friday, 9,103 individuals in the state had received their third dosage of the vaccination, according to statistics.

More than 31,000 vaccination doses were administered in the state, a significant increase over previous days. However, a spokesperson for the Health Department stated that some of the dosages recorded on Thursday were data changes that had not occurred in the previous 24 hours.