Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 2,115 active cases (73 are in nursing homes, 53 in prison, 1,989 in the community), 5,567 recovered, for a total of 7,818 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 132 are Hospitalized, 31 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of June 2, 2020.
Notes from the News Conference
3,807 tested in the past 24 hours
State of Arkansas Revenues for the Month of May is up 80 million over the revised forecast for the Month of May and year-to-date we are up to 287 million over the year-to-date forecast.
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 5:40 pm on Tuesday, June 2, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 224, Total Positive: 969, Recovered: 710, Deaths: 35, Negatives: 14,177
Pope County Active Positive: 66, Total Positive: 166, Recovered: 99, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,686
Sharp County Active Positive: 9, Total Positive: 46, Recovered: 35, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 419
Faulkner County Active Positive: 6, Total Positive: 102, Recovered: 93, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 3,126
White County Active Positive: 5, Total Positive: 46, Recovered: 40, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 1,839
Baxter County Active Positive: 5, Total Positive: 12, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 763
Independence County Active Positive: 5, Total Positive: 34, Recovered: 29, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,007
Lonoke County Active Positive: 7, Total Positive: 54, Recovered: 47, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,952
Fulton County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 5, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 369
Jackson County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 4, Recovered: 1, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 274
Izard County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 17, Recovered: 14, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 247
Cleburne County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 74, Recovered: 69, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 743
Searcy County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 6, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 475
Stone County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 9, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 386
Conway County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 584
Van Buren County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 29, Recovered: 26, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 547
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 Tuesday, June 2, 2020 News Conference
