LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The number of COVID-19 patients in Arkansas has hit its lowest point in two months.
The state Department of Health on Friday reported COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped by 62 to 894. It’s the lowest number of COVID-19 patients the state has reported since 875 were in the hospital on July 24.
The state reported 1,365 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total since the pandemic began to 491,221.
Arkansas ranks 23rd in the country for new cases per capita, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University researchers.
The state's COVID-19 deaths rose by 13 to 7,561.
