Governor Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 5,567 active cases (break out as 100 Nursing Homes, 819 in Prisons, 4,339 in Community), 11,568 recovered, for a total of 17,375 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 267 are Hospitalized, 58 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of June 24, 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 Wednesday, June 24, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 370, Total Positive: 1,607, Recovered: 1,184, Deaths: 53, Negatives: 26,892
Faulkner County Active Positive: 175, Total Positive: 339, Recovered: 161, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 7,830
Pope County Active Positive: 102, Total Positive: 363, Recovered: 258, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 4,394
Lonoke County Active Positive: 25, Total Positive: 96, Recovered: 71, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 3,121
White County Active Positive: 21, Total Positive: 80, Recovered: 58, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,857
Conway County Active Positive: 14, Total Positive: 39, Recovered: 22, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 1,107
Jackson County Active Positive: 10, Total Positive: 25, Recovered: 15, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 695
Independence County Active Positive: 6, Total Positive: 48, Recovered: 42, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 2,225
Sharp County Active Positive: 5, Total Positive: 52, Recovered: 43, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 829
Cleburne County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 78, Recovered: 70, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 1,537
Stone County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 13, Recovered: 10, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 697
Baxter County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 15, Recovered: 14, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,530
Fulton County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 10, Recovered: 10, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 696
Izard County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 20, Recovered: 19, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 592
Van Buren County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 30, Recovered: 28, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 851
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 708
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 24, 2020 News Conference
