By Caroline Sellers
Arkansascovid.com
Arkansas County has currently fully vaccinated 2,776 people making it the third-highest county for full vaccination in the Southeastern region of the state, according to the most recent Arkansas Department of Health data from March 31.
Jefferson County currently leads the Southeastern region, which is composed of 14 counties, with the highest full vaccination count of 6,433. St. Francis County currently comes in second with 3,246 people fully vaccinated.
Arkansas County currently has an estimated population of 18,124. The county has 36 total deaths, 2,077 total positive cases and currently has 10 active cases.
Zack Smith, a pharmacist at Professional Pharmacy in Stuttgart, says that his pharmacy has vaccinated between 500 to 1,000 people. The pharmacy has received only the Moderna vaccine according to Smith.
Stuttgart is located in Arkansas County and has an estimated population of 8,490 according to the latest data from the United States Census Bureau.
“We are a smaller pharmacy so I think we have been in pretty good shape,” Smith said when asked if he thinks his pharmacy has received a good amount of the vaccine.
“Probably the majority of the people that want it in this area have probably gotten it or are scheduled to get it,” Smith said.