Governor Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 5,695 active cases (break out as 104 Nursing Homes, 841 in Prisons, 4,750 in Community), 12,127 recovered, for a total of 18,062 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 284 are Hospitalized, 66 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of June 25, 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 Thursday, June 25, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 388, Total Positive: 1,655, Recovered: 1,214, Deaths: 53, Negatives: 27,569
Faulkner County Active Positive: 175, Total Positive: 350, Recovered: 172, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 7,978
Pope County Active Positive: 95, Total Positive: 370, Recovered: 272, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 4,464
Lonoke County Active Positive: 51, Total Positive: 123, Recovered: 72, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 3,235
White County Active Positive: 19, Total Positive: 79, Recovered: 59, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 3,133
Conway County Active Positive: 12, Total Positive: 39, Recovered: 24, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 1,144
Jackson County Active Positive: 10, Total Positive: 26, Recovered: 16, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 865
Sharp County Active Positive: 6, Total Positive: 53, Recovered: 43, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 842
Independence County Active Positive: 5, Total Positive: 49, Recovered: 44, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 2,444
Cleburne County Active Positive: 5, Total Positive: 79, Recovered: 70, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 1,576
Stone County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 13, Recovered: 10, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 701
Baxter County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 16, Recovered: 14, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,565
Fulton County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 9, Recovered: 9, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 708
Izard County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 20, Recovered: 19, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 604
Van Buren County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 30, Recovered: 28, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 864
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 713
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 Thursday, June 25, 2020 News Conference
