Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 1,699 active cases (1,482 in the community), 4,946 recovered, for a total of 6,777 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 113 are Hospitalized, 24 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of May 29, 2020.
Notes from Friday’s News Conference
Governor Announces New COVID-19 Advisory Board To Review Testing, Contact-Tracing Technology Read more at kffb.com
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 6:40 pm on Wednesday, May 29, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 153, Total Positive: 846, Recovered: 659, Deaths: 34, Negatives: 12,529
Pope County Active Positive: 57, Total Positive: 136, Recovered: 78, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,403
Faulkner County Active Positive: 8, Total Positive: 102, Recovered: 91, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 2,953
Sharp County Active Positive: 11, Total Positive: 46, Recovered: 33, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 368
Independence County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 30, Recovered: 27, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 832
White County Active Positive: 5, Total Positive: 43, Recovered: 37, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 1,714
Baxter County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 9, Recovered: 6, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 601
Izard County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 16, Recovered: 14, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 211
Fulton County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 4, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 314
Cleburne County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 73, Recovered: 68, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 686
Searcy County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 6, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 416
Lonoke County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 47, Recovered: 45, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,757
Conway County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 554
Van Buren County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 28, Recovered: 26, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 522
Stone County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 8, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 312
Jackson County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 1, Recovered: 1, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 250
Notes from past News Conferences
NEW: Directives on:
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
Watch Today’s Friday. May 29, 2020 News Conference
