Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 1,729 active cases, 4,332 Recoveries, for a total of 6,180 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 107 are Hospitalized, 18 ICU Patients, as of 3:13 pm as of May 26, 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 5:13 pm on Tuesday, May 25, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 136, Total Positive: 802, Recovered: 636, Deaths: 30, Negatives: 11,599
Pope County Active Positive: 62, Total Positive: 124, Recovered: 61, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,284
Faulkner County Active Positive: 10, Total Positive: 100, Recovered: 87, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 2,820
Sharp County Active Positive: 7, Total Positive: 42, Recovered: 33, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 332
Independence County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 29, Recovered: 25, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 757
White County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 40, Recovered: 35, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 1,659
Baxter County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 8, Recovered: 5, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 578
Izard County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 15, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 194
Fulton County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 6, Recovered: 4, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 271
Lonoke County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 46, Recovered: 45, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,647
Cleburne County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 73, Recovered: 68, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 625
Searcy County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 6, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 403
Conway County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 536
Van Buren County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 28, Recovered: 26, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 516
Stone County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 8, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 304
Jackson County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 1, Recovered: 1, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 239
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