LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Governor Asa Hutchinson announced 2,426 new cases and 46 additional deaths due to COVID-19 in Arkansas on Wednesday, February 3.
There are now 16,533 cases statewide considered active by the Arkansas Department of Health.
A total of 884 people are hospitalized and 142 are on ventilators.
The statewide death toll due to COVID-19 is now 4,985.

There have been 15,248 PCR tests this month and 6,975 antigen tests.
Top counties reporting new cases:
- Pulaski – 318
- Garland – 185
- Faulkner – 173
- Benton – 172
- Washington – 154