It’s a beautiful spring day and much of Arkansas anxiously awaits the Razorback men’s basketball game with Duke tonight. Perhaps the LRPD will eventually provide information about the early morning homicide this morning, one unhappy event of the day.

Meanwhile, here are the day’s COVID numbers, which continue trending downward:

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Total cases:  832,515, or an increase of 121 cases since Friday

Active cases: 1,427, down from 1,445

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Deaths to date: 11,209, an increase of six.

Hospitalized: 122, down from 131

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In ICU: 41, down from 43

On ventilators: 28, down from 32

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Total vaccinations to date:  3,982,000, about 1,325 more shots.

 

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