In Arkansas, hospital admissions are up nearly 55% in just two weeks. Most of the patients are unvaccinated. ABC News' ABC News Alex Perez reports from Little Rock. #covid19ark abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/arka…

Missouri couple regrets skipping vaccine after COVID-19 hospitalization trib.al/UMXuH0J

We have a NET increase of 485 hospitalizations in the last 2 weeks. Last year we saw that net increase over TWO MONTHS. Hospitals cannot keep up. This is a public health emergency. Gov. Asa Hutchinson

Health experts in Arkansas say the COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed in the past few weeks and some are now calling on lawmakers to reconsider a ban on mask mandates approved earlier this year. katv.com/news/local/ark… | #arnews

This is unsustainable

We have a net increase of 100 hospitalizations in the last 48 hours. The dam is breaking. Gov. Asa Hutchinson ADHPIO Arkansas Hospital #DeltaVariant

COVID hospitalizations continue to rocket upward, with 980 today arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via Arkansas Times

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Sen. Jimmy Hickey and Rep. Matthew Shepherd… it’s time to call the General Assembly back into session to repeal the foolish ban on mask mandates. KMI keithingramforarkansas.com/post/it-s-time…

We just crossed 1,000 Arkansans hospitalized with COVID, in record time. This is the disaster we feared. #MaskUp #SocialDistance #vaccinate #DeltaVariant

42 Arkansans died of Covid today, and our legislators are talking about putting horse dewormer on crackers. I dunno y’all, we are in trouble.

BREAKING NEWS: According to Gov. John Bel Edwards, more than 6,000 Louisiana children now have COVID-19. This is an increase of more than 3,000 cases in just four days. wdsu.com/article/more-t…

Arkansas is out of ICU beds. Technically there are 17. But 9 are at the VA. And 3 at LTACs. The other 5 are scattered between Greene, St Francis, and Howard Counties. None of those could take a COVID patient. STOP SPREADING THE VIRUS.

#BREAKING: Arkansas COVIDComm, the state’s #COVID19 transfer system, reporting as of this morning, it has no where to send COVID positive patients within the state. #ARNews Thread alert ⤵️

No end in sight. Emergency Rooms are serving as de facto ICUs.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but… don't have your knee replaced this week. If you can put off having your hysterectomy, or gallbladder surgery, or bunion repair, please do. The healthcare system is stretched very thin right now, and errors are going to be more common.

3,023 new cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas have been added in today’s update, and 13,557 additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered. Visit our interactive dashboard for more information on the new cases: experience.arcgis.com/experience/633…

Some COVID numbers are getting better, but the number of people on ventilators with COVID continues to steadily rise.

68 ICU nurses tested positive for COVID-19 after going to their hospital Christmas party businessinsider.com/spain-icu-nurs… via @businessinsider