Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 1,733 active cases, 4,424 recovered, for a total of 6,277 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 108 are Hospitalized, 22 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of May 27, 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 6:13 pm on Wednesday, May 27, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 136, Total Positive: 808, Recovered: 642, Deaths: 30, Negatives: 11,952
Pope County Active Positive: 61, Total Positive: 125, Recovered: 63, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,316
Faulkner County Active Positive: 9, Total Positive: 100, Recovered: 88, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 2,882
Sharp County Active Positive: 8, Total Positive: 42, Recovered: 32, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 333
Independence County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 29, Recovered: 25, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 783
White County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 42, Recovered: 37, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 1,689
Baxter County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 8, Recovered: 6, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 583
Izard County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 15, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 196
Fulton County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 6, Recovered: 4, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 272
Cleburne County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 73, Recovered: 68, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 646
Searcy County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 6, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 405
Lonoke County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 45, Recovered: 45, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,702
Conway County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 545
Van Buren County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 28, Recovered: 26, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 519
Stone County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 8, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 306
Jackson County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 1, Recovered: 1, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 240
Notes from past News Conferences
NEW: Directives on:
- Resuming Bar and Club Operations (effective May 26)
- Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase III (effective May 25)
- Community and School Team Sports (effective June 1)
- Overnight Camps (effective May 21)
- Reopening Recreational Pools (effective May 22)
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 Wednesday. May 27, 2020 News Conference