274 new active cases of COVID-19, 4,338 active cases, 8,665 recoveries, for a total of 13,191 total Confirmed Cases with 182 Total Deaths. At the time of this press conference, a total of 214 are Hospitalized, 45 ICU Patients, as of 2:10 pm as of June 16, 2020.
4175 test given in the past 24 hours.
Counties with COVID-19 cases: broke out as total active (Counties Ranked by Active Cases), then by total positive, total negative, total recoveries and deaths in the Timeless 106.1 KFFB listening area (as of 6:00 pm on Tuesday, June 16, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 308, Total Positive: 1,343, Recovered: 992, Deaths: 43, Negatives: 22,057
Pope County Active Positive: 95, Total Positive: 285, Recovered: 188, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 3,568
Faulkner County Active Positive: 64, Total Positive: 180, Recovered: 113, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 5,372
Lonoke County Active Positive: 16, Total Positive: 75, Recovered: 59, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 2,698
White County Active Positive: 13, Total Positive: 61, Recovered: 47, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,535
Jackson County Active Positive: 9, Total Positive: 16, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 608
Conway County Active Positive: 8, Total Positive: 24, Recovered: 14, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 893
Independence Active Positive: 8, Total Positive: 43, Recovered: 35, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,676
Sharp County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 50, Recovered: 43, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 726
Baxter County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 12, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,374
Stone County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 11, Recovered: 9, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 616
Fulton County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 9, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 616
Van Buren County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 30, Recovered: 27, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 764
Izard County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 20, Recovered: 18, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 508
Cleburne County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 75, Recovered: 70, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 1,154
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 644
Notes from past News Conferences
New website for unemployment ARunemployment.com (Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Email Alert System scan me code on the new website)
Schools will remain closed for the remainder of the School year, no in-school instruction, Sr’s will graduate, AMI will be continuing, for 2019-2020 school year
Dr. Smith encouraging folks to be outside because of ultraviolet light decreases transmission for a wide variety of germs
If you are unemployed text the word, “unemployment” to 501-376-1111
ADH has activated a call center to answer questions from health care providers and the public about the novel coronavirus. During normal business hours (8:00 am – 4:30 pm), urgent and non-urgent calls, please call 1-800-803-7847 or email ADH.CoronaVirus@arkansas.gov. After normal business hours and weekend calls, needing immediate response, please call 1-800-554-5738.
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 WEBSITE
Watch today’s News Conference 6-15-2020
