The number of people in Arkansas hospitalized because of the coronavirus hit another new high Wednesday, while the state’s prisons went into lockdown because of an increase in virus cases among staff.
The Arkansas Department of Health reported the state’s hospitalizations due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, rose by 13 to 1,174.
State Corrections Secretary Solomon Graves said all non-essential movement within or between facilities will be suspended until at least Jan. 15. The department said it will evaluate at that time whether to extend the lockdown.
The number of employees who had tested positive and were on leave increased from 139 on Dec. 22 to 192 on Tuesday, the department said.
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