Covid numbers down slightly

After seeing Covid-19 case numbers decline this week, the latest numbers from the Arkansas Department of Health show those numbers inched back up the past 24 hours. In Howard County, the health department reports there are 485 cases at the present time. Pike County is reporting 279 cases & Hempstead County shows to have 417. The largest number of active cases in our area is in Sevier County, which has 595 cases.
Statewide, Arkansas set a new single day record yesterday, with an additional 14 thousand 494 cases being reported.