Governor Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 5,063 active cases (break out as 106 Nursing Homes, 642 in Prisons, 4,315 in Community), 10,793 recovered, for a total of 16,083 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 237 are Hospitalized, 61 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of June 22, 2020.
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 Monday, June 22, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 345, Total Positive: 1,531, Recovered: 1,134, Deaths: 52, Negatives: 25,723
Faulkner County Active Positive: 143, Total Positive: 290, Recovered: 144, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 7,455
Pope County Active Positive: 94, Total Positive: 333, Recovered: 237, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 4,125
White County Active Positive: 24, Total Positive: 76, Recovered: 51, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,769
Lonoke County Active Positive: 22, Total Positive: 89, Recovered: 67, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 2,979
Jackson County Active Positive: 13, Total Positive: 24, Recovered: 11, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 680
Conway County Active Positive: 10, Total Positive: 34, Recovered: 21, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 1,043
Independence County Active Positive: 5, Total Positive: 46, Recovered: 41, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,963
Sharp County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 51, Recovered: 43, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 793
Cleburne County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 77, Recovered: 70, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 1,491
Stone County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 13, Recovered: 10, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 676
Fulton County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 10, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 674
Baxter County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 15, Recovered: 14, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,501
Izard County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 20, Recovered: 18, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 567
Van Buren County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 30, Recovered: 28, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 831
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 685
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 Monday, June 22, 2020 News Conference
