FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — New UAMS models suggest the pandemic in the Natural State is going to get worse before it gets better.
The models indicate Arkansas will continue to see increasing numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths due to the coronavirus within just the next three days.
UAMS College of Public Health Dean Mark Williams said in the short-term models, by November 1, there will be more than 111,000 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases.
The mid-term models show the state will report 50,000 more cases by the middle of December.
Williams said it’s safe to say these projections are under forecasted rather than over.
“The current trends are indicating that we are on a very steep slope right now and there is no indication that [the] slope is going to slow down anytime soon, and in fact, every indication that we have in the models is that slope will probably be increasing,” Williams said.
He said these models have been pretty spot on, which makes him fearful of what lies ahead for Arkansas, especially if we continue down this path.
