LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Governor Asa Hutchinson announced 2,162 new cases and 53 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in Arkansas on Friday, January 22.
There are now 20,107 cases statewide considered active by the Arkansas Department of Health.
A total of 1,142 people are hospitalized and 193 are on ventilators.

The statewide death toll due to COVID-19 is now 4,549.
There have been 230,400 PCR tests this month and 60,302 antigen tests.
Top counties reporting new cases:
- Pulaski – 286
- Washington – 158
- Benton – 115
- Sebastian – 111
- Pope – 103