Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 1,663 active cases, 4,249 Recoveries, for a total of 6,029 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 99 are Hospitalized, 17 ICU Patients, as of 3:13 pm as of May 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 3:13 pm on Monday, May 25, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 139, Total Positive: 793, Recovered: 625, Deaths: 29, Negatives: 11,348
Pope County Active Positive: 62, Total Positive: 119, Recovered: 56, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,256
Sharp County Active Positive: 18, Total Positive: 42, Recovered: 22, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 301
Faulkner County Active Positive: 12, Total Positive: 100, Recovered: 85, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 2,793
Independence County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 28, Recovered: 24, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 750
Fulton County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 6, Recovered: 4, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 251
Lonoke County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 46, Recovered: 45, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,605
White County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 40, Recovered: 35, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 1,649
Izard County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 15, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 185
Conway County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 12, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 530
Baxter County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 5, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 564
Cleburne County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 73, Recovered: 68, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 618
Van Buren County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 28, Recovered: 26, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 511
Stone County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 8, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 218
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 6, Recovered: 6, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 341
Jackson County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 1, Recovered: 1, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 230
Notes from past News Conferences
Dr. Smith says we must be careful of a resurgence of COVID-19 if we are to open up our economy.
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
