COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas

The COVID-19 pandemic is confirmed to have first reached the State of Arkansas beginning in March 2020. The first case was reported in Pine Bluff on March 11, 2020. As of March in 2022 there were almost 820,000 overall cases of COVID in the State. Right under 10,530 people died from the COVID virus in Arkansas.[1]

As of March 1, 2022, Arkansas fully vaccinated almost 1,567,000 people, or around 54% of the actual population there.[2] By 2024, the overall deaths had increased to almost 13,430 from the coronavirus.[3] Actual cases of COVID-19, though, might have been higher than actually documented and reported.

The first death from the coronavirus was reported in March 2020.[4]

References

  1. Active Cases Continue Falling Steadily. KARK NBC News. https://www.kark.com/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-in-arkansas-active-cases-continue-to-fall-steadily. Retrieved February 1, 2024. 
  2. "The Arkansas Coronavirus Map and Case Counts". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/arkansas-covid-cases.html. Retrieved February 1, 2024. 
  3. "The Coronavirus in Arkansas". The Arkansas Department of Health. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  4. Take it Very Seriously. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/03/24/pastor-arkansas-church-coronavirus-warning-greers-ferry. Retrieved February 1, 2024.