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State reports 1,309 new covid cases, ventilator use tops 100 for 1st time since February
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Andy Davis
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July 14, 2021 at 4:54 p.m.
Arkansas National Guard Cpl. Katelynn Smith draws up a dose of the Janssen covid-19 vaccine during the vaccine clinic on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at Shorter College in North Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
A surge in coronavirus infections in Arkansas appeared to be continuing on Wednesday as the state s count of cases rose by more than 1,300 and the number of virus patients on ventilators topped 100 for the first time since February.
The number of people hospitalized in the state with covid-19 rose by 41, to 647, its highest level since Feb. 14. It was the ninth day in a row the number had risen by double digits.
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