Governor Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 5,221 active cases (break out as 103 Nursing Homes, 779 in Prisons, 4,339 in Community), 11,220 recovered, for a total of 16,678 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 248 are Hospitalized, 57 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of June 23, 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 Tuesday, June 23, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 344, Total Positive: 1,556, Recovered: 1,159, Deaths: 53, Negatives: 26,344
Faulkner County Active Positive: 152, Total Positive: 305, Recovered: 150, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 7,619
Pope County Active Positive: 98, Total Positive: 349, Recovered: 249, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 4,338
White County Active Positive: 22, Total Positive: 76, Recovered: 53, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,820
Lonoke County Active Positive: 21, Total Positive: 91, Recovered: 70, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 3,059
Conway County Active Positive: 13, Total Positive: 36, Recovered: 20, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 1,083
Jackson County Active Positive: 9, Total Positive: 24, Recovered: 15, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 691
Independence County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 46, Recovered: 42, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 2,193
Sharp County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 51, Recovered: 43, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 817
Cleburne County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 77, Recovered: 70, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 1,513
Stone County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 13, Recovered: 10, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 692
Fulton County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 10, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 683
Baxter County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 15, Recovered: 14, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,520
Izard County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 20, Recovered: 18, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 583
Van Buren County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 30, Recovered: 28, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 838
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 693
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 Tuesday, June 23, 2020 News Conference
