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Sebastian County Health Unit Plans Testing Event As COVID-19 Cases Climb

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published August 6, 2020 at 3:53 PM CDT

After rising steadily for weeks in Northwest Arkansas, cases of COVID-19 have now been increasing in Sebastian County too. On July 1, the area had 476 total cases of the virus, now there are nearly 2,000 with about 500 active cases. We speak with the Sebastian County Health Unit administrator about why numbers are going up and get information about a free testing event coming up this weekend.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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