Arkansas has established a number to assist with those who have had struggles scheduling a vaccine appointment online. The number is 800-985-6030 and the call center will be staffed daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
What a difference a year makes.
Since Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s encouragement on March 9, 2020 to “enjoy a beautiful spring” to now, one year, and one day later, an average of one American a minute has died from Covid-19.
The latest numbers show 527,352 deaths across the country and a total of 29,189,180 Covid-19 nationally.
In Arkansas, there’s been 5,357 deaths, an average of not quite 15 daily, and 325,383 cases in the past year.
In Pulaski County, the deaths stand at 579 and 37,685 cases.
Drilling down even further, to the Zip Code level, it shows 2,144 known cases in the 72113, which is primarily Maumelle, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. That organization doesn’t track deaths by Zip Code.
The good news is that three different vaccines for Covid-19 have been developed and Arkansas compares well to national numbers in terms of those who have been vaccinated.
In the state, 9.3 percent of the population has received both vaccine shows, while 17 percent of Arkansans have received at least one dose. Nationally, the numbers are slightly better with 9.7 percent fully vaccinated and 18 percent of the country having gotten at least one dose.
Arkansas has administered 757,051 vaccine doses and Gov. Asa Hutchinson expanded the 1B tier to include:
Essential government workers
Those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Department of Corrections employees
Grocery store and meal delivery employees
Pastors
Those who work in manufacturing, postal and package delivery and public transportation
Others already eligible include those 65 or older, educators and “some segments of the food and agriculture industry.”
“Thanks to doctors, nurses, and pharmacies around the state, our vaccination program is running strong,” Hutchinson said at a press conference announcing the changes. “We are seeing an encouraging drop in the number of new cases, active cases, and hospitalizations.”
The goal, Hutchinson said, was, “we can now allow everyone who falls in the 1-B category who wants a vaccine to have one.”
An expectation of Hutchinson’s was that 1C tier would open in April.
A mandate to wear masks while in public would continue through the end of March had been previously announced but other restrictions had been lifted.
The state also established a number to assist with those who have had struggles scheduling a vaccine appointment online.
The number is 800-985-6030 and the call center will be staffed daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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What a difference a year makes.
Since Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s encouragement on March 9, 2020 to “enjoy a beautiful spring” to now, one year, and one day later, an average of one American a minute has died from Covid-19.
The latest numbers show 527,352 deaths across the country and a total of 29,189,180 Covid-19 nationally.
In Arkansas, there’s been 5,357 deaths, an average of not quite 15 daily, and 325,383 cases in the past year.
In Pulaski County, the deaths stand at 579 and 37,685 cases.
Drilling down even further, to the Zip Code level, it shows 2,144 known cases in the 72113, which is primarily Maumelle, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. That organization doesn’t track deaths by Zip Code.
The good news is that three different vaccines for Covid-19 have been developed and Arkansas compares well to national numbers in terms of those who have been vaccinated.
In the state, 9.3 percent of the population has received both vaccine shows, while 17 percent of Arkansans have received at least one dose. Nationally, the numbers are slightly better with 9.7 percent fully vaccinated and 18 percent of the country having gotten at least one dose.
Arkansas has administered 757,051 vaccine doses and Gov. Asa Hutchinson expanded the 1B tier to include:
Essential government workers
Those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Department of Corrections employees
Grocery store and meal delivery employees
Pastors
Those who work in manufacturing, postal and package delivery and public transportation
Others already eligible include those 65 or older, educators and “some segments of the food and agriculture industry.”
“Thanks to doctors, nurses, and pharmacies around the state, our vaccination program is running strong,” Hutchinson said at a press conference announcing the changes. “We are seeing an encouraging drop in the number of new cases, active cases, and hospitalizations.”
The goal, Hutchinson said, was, “we can now allow everyone who falls in the 1-B category who wants a vaccine to have one.”
An expectation of Hutchinson’s was that 1C tier would open in April.
A mandate to wear masks while in public would continue through the end of March had been previously announced but other restrictions had been lifted.
The state also established a number to assist with those who have had struggles scheduling a vaccine appointment online.
The number is 800-985-6030 and the call center will be staffed daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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