There were 273 new cases and 17 deaths reported at today’s COVID-19 daily update. The number of hospitalizations have increased by 3 since yesterday.

The counties with the highest number of new cases are as follows:

Pulaski-44
Benton-29
Sebastian-24
Washington-21

The Governor announced today that the state is setting a goal to complete 180,000 tests for the month of September.

The Department of Health is reporting that 78.9% of all patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state have recovered.
It was also reported that 95.5% of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the state listed other contributing factors.
Leading contributing factors included hypertensive diseases, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and cerebrovascular disease.

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