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Ark Gov Concerned About Covid19 Hospitalizations

Courtesy: Chuck Smith / Red River Radio News

ARK COVID-19-  The number of Arkansans hospitalized with covid-19 increased by 22 on Sunday to a record high of 576.    Arkansas coronavirus hospitalizations were at record levels Tuesday through Friday before dropping by six on Saturday. The total on Saturday is still the third-highest number of coronavirus hospitalizations in Arkansas since the pandemic began.  The state’s  Covid-19 death count  rose Sunday by 17, to 1,569.  In an interview with CNN on Sunday morning, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he was concerned about the increase in hospitalizations.

"A large part of it is simply the nature of the virus and if you don't take the right protections it's going to spread," Hutchinson explained. "But what you have to watch is the hospitalizations, it concerns me that you see those rise."

"A large part of it is simply the nature of the virus and if you don't take the right protections it's going to spread," Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson

Credit Courtesy: Gov Asa Hutchinson Facebook
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Courtesy: Gov Asa Hutchinson Facebook
Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) Arkansas

Hutchinson also stressed the importance of wearing protective face masks when out in public or in social gatherings such as political rallies.  According to the Arkansas Department of Health the number of total cases of coronavirus increased by 66, to 7,801 and the number of Arkansas hospital patients on ventilators increased  to 99.
 

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.