— Arkansas health officials on Friday reported a one-day record of 55 deaths due to COVID-19 and 2,770 new confirmed or probable cases. “We have once again reached a grave milestone in this pandemic,” Gov. “While we may have hope ahead from promising vaccine news, we cannot grow weary over the next few weeks,” he said. The state Department of Health reported a total of 2,875 deaths due to the illness caused by the virus and 181,624 total cases since the pandemic began. The health department reported 1,059 people hospitalized with the virus.

Source: Daily Sun December 12, 2020 01:07 UTC