Arkansas’s COVID-19 case count moved up to 81,242 today, only 487 more than the count Saturday, following several days of 800-plus. But Sunday is typically a slower day.

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Confirmed cases, based on PCR tests, rose by 475. Probable cases, based on antigen tests, rose by 12.

Deaths continue to climb, with 23 more deaths listed today, for a total of 1,308. All the new deaths were based on confirmed cases.

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Tests were between 6,000 and 7,000.

The number hospitalized rose by 7, to 461. I misinterpreted that number earlier as a drop of two.

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The line is open.

I’ll update with the broader Health Department summary when it arrives and the governor’s cheer for a lower case count today.

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UPDATE: From the governor:

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