NOW TO THE COVID-19 IMCT. PA ARKANSAS RECORDING A NEW SINGLE DAY RECORD FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS. ON MONDAY - THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED03 1 MORE PEOPLEN I COVID UNITS - BRINGING THE TOTAL TO A RECORD HIGH OF 1,376. THE STATE SAYS 995 MORE PEOPLE TESTED POSITI. VE 21 MORE PEOPLE DIED. HEALTH LEADERS ARE TRKIACNG MORE TH AN 22-THOUSAND ACTIVE CASES STATEWIDE. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE LEADERS SAY T HE REGION'S HOSPITALS ARE UNDER EXTREME STRES S. RIGHT NOW 163 COVID- 19 PATIENTS ARE IN AREA HOSPITALS... THAT'S 22 MORE THAN FRIDAY - AND JUST SHY OF THE ALL TIME HIGH OF 165 PELEOP IN COVID UNITS. THE YOUNGEST PATIENT IS UNDER 12 YEARS O. LD AND THE AVERAGE AGE
Arkansas sets new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations
Updated: 10:39 AM EDT Aug 10, 2021
Arkansas set new records for hospitalization from COVID-19 Monday, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. There are now only eight ICU beds left in the state, Gov. Asa Hutchinson wrote on Twitter.The state had a record net increase of 103 coronavirus patients in hospitals across the state Monday.That brought Arkansas to a new record of current people hospitalized with COVID-19, with 1,376.The previous one-day record of 81 was set Aug. 2. The previous record of people currently hospitalized was 1,371, set on Jan. 11.Monday's numbers come as Arkansas struggles to contain the surge of the delta variant.Hospitals in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas are nearing capacity. "It's emotionally draining, physically draining for all the nurses that are in here," said Debbie Hewett, a registered nurse with Mercy Fort Smith. "We're just blowing up numbers. Our COVID positive tests are growing at every day. And that's frightening. We have here, not the cure, but we have a way to stop it with the vaccine."
Arkansas set new records for hospitalization from COVID-19 Monday, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.
There are now only eight ICU beds left in the state, Gov. Asa Hutchinson wrote on Twitter.
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The state had a record net increase of 103 coronavirus patients in hospitals across the state Monday.
That brought Arkansas to a new record of current people hospitalized with COVID-19, with 1,376.
The previous one-day record of 81 was set Aug. 2. The previous record of people currently hospitalized was 1,371, set on Jan. 11.
Monday's numbers come as Arkansas struggles to contain the surge of the delta variant.
Hospitals in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas are nearing capacity.
"It's emotionally draining, physically draining for all the nurses that are in here," said Debbie Hewett, a registered nurse with Mercy Fort Smith. "We're just blowing up numbers. Our COVID positive tests are growing at every day. And that's frightening. We have here, not the cure, but we have a way to stop it with the vaccine."
