Governor Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 4,413 active cases (break out as 147 Nursing Homes, 676 in Prisons, 3,590 in Community), 8,996 recovered, for a total of 13,606 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 217 are Hospitalized, 53 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of June 17, 2020.
Notes from the News Conference
Total test given in the past 24 hours was 7,514
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 Wednesday, June 17, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 305, Total Positive: 1,365, Recovered: 1,014, Deaths: 46, Negatives: 22,353
Pope County Active Positive: 90, Total Positive: 291, Recovered: 199, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 3,645
Faulkner County Active Positive: 74, Total Positive: 195, Recovered: 118, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 5,492
Lonoke County Active Positive: 19, Total Positive: 78, Recovered: 59, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 2,733
White County Active Positive: 17, Total Positive: 65, Recovered: 47, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,555
Jackson County Active Positive: 13, Total Positive: 20, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 635
Independence Active Positive: 8, Total Positive: 43, Recovered: 35, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,716
Conway County Active Positive: 6, Total Positive: 24, Recovered: 15, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 902
Sharp County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 50, Recovered: 43, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 735
Baxter County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 12, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,404
Stone County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 11, Recovered: 9, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 620
Van Buren County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 30, Recovered: 27, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 778
Izard County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 20, Recovered: 18, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 516
Cleburne County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 75, Recovered: 70, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 1,294
Fulton County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 9, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 623
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 655
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 Wednesday, June 17, 2020 News Conference
