So I’ll be signing off with one last open line and one last daily COVID update.

Total cases: 989,082, up 144 from Saturday

Active cases: 6,740, down from 6,808

Deaths: 12,721 same as yesterday.

Hospitalized: 385, up from 378

In ICU: 70, up from 66

On ventilators: 24, same as yesterday.

And to all a good night.

PS: I got a report on the shooting Saturday evening at the Capital Hotel. It would appear to have involved a 43-year-old California physician. Said the report:

“He was putting his gun in his waistband and shot himself in the leg. Officers observed a gunshot wound to his left thigh and right shin Officers applied a tourniquet to both legs.”

He was taken to UAMS. Police stored his 9MM Sig Sauer handgun and ammo.

Retired senior editor of the Arkansas Times.