274 new active cases of COVID-19 with 188 Total Deaths in Arkansas as of 1:30 pm Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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

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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