Mountain Home and other towns across Arkansas are putting proactive measures in place to quell the spread of COVID-19. Disruptions to school, work, and major public gatherings are already manifesting and it’s important to stay up to date on what’s happening in the Mountain Home, AR community.
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Arkansas COVID-19 Cases
Arkansas Total Coronavirus Cases: 1,012,884
Arkansas New Coronavirus Deaths:
Arkansas Total Coronavirus Deaths: 13,115
U.S. Total Coronavirus Cases: 107,184,620
U.S. New Coronavirus Deaths: 8
U.S. Total Coronavirus Deaths: 1,166,662
Coronavirus News for Mountain Home
How Covid-19 Has Upended Life in Undervaccinated Arkansas - The New York Times
While much of the nation tiptoes toward normalcy, the coronavirus is again swamping hospitals in places like Mountain Home, in a rural county where fewer than one-third of residents are vaccinated ... More info »
The New York Times - 07/16/2021 12:00pmThe economic fallout of COVID-19: A rural hospital in Mountain Home struggles to survive - Arkansas Times
Baxter Regional Medical Center has not yet had a confirmed case of COVID-19, but the Mountain Home hospital is nevertheless feeling the impacts of the pandemic. While hospitals in hot spots like ... More info »
Arkansas Times - 04/20/2020 08:46amArkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson visits Mountain Home on COVID-19 tour - KY3
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (KY3) - Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson visited Mountain Home on Monday as part of his tour to raise awareness and answer questions about the vaccine. More info »
KY3 - 07/26/2021 10:28amArkansas COVID-19 cases higher than projected, gov. says
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — Arkansas currently has a higher number of COVID-19 infections than projected by the UAMS modeling, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a press conference Tuesday. More info »
4029tv - 06/23/2020 11:42amIn undervaccinated swaths of Arkansas, COVID-19 upends life all over again - The Seattle Times
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — When the boat factory in this leafy Ozark Mountains city offered free coronavirus vaccinations this spring, Susan Johnson, 62, a receptionist there, declined the offer ... More info »
Seattle Times - 07/16/2021 10:43pm