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Department of Health reports rising COVID-19 cases, expands testing capacity
Summary
Arkansas Department of Health staff told the committee cumulative COVID-19 cases were 9,426 and deaths 154; test positivity was about 5.9% with recent daily increases; DOH described efforts to expand lab capacity and contact tracing and said baseline testing of long-term-care facilities is underway.
Dr. Jennifer Dillahase, epidemiologist at the Arkansas Department of Health, briefed the Senate committee on the state's COVID-19 situation and testing plans.
Dillahase said Arkansas had recorded 9,426 cumulative cases and 154 deaths and that over the prior weekend the state logged 775 new cases, with rapid growth concentrated in Northwest Arkansas (Benton and Washington counties). "Our test…
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