What is COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas?
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] first reached the [[U.S. state|State]] of [[Arkansas]] beginning in March 2020. The first case was reported in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]] on March 11, 2020. As of March 2022, there were almost 820,000 cases of COVID in the state. Almost 10,530 people died from the COVID virus in Arkansas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Active Cases Continue Falling Steadily|publisher=KARK NBC News|url=https://www.kark.com/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-in-arkansas-active-cases-continue-to-fall-steadily|access-date=February 1, 2024|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421055240/https://www.kark.com/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-in-arkansas-active-cases-continue-to-fall-steadily/|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of March 1, 2022, Arkansas had fully [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccinated]] almost 1,567,000 people, or around 54% of the actual population there.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Arkansas Coronavirus Map and Case Counts|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/arkansas-covid-cases.html|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref> By 2024, the number of deaths from the coronavirus was almost 13,430.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Coronavirus in Arkansas|work=The Arkansas Department of Health|url=https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/novel-coronavirus|access-date=February 1, 2024|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502045522/https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/novel-coronavirus|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Take it Very Seriously|publisher=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/03/24/pastor-arkansas-church-coronavirus-warning-greers-ferry|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]] [[Category:21st century in A