Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 2,208 active cases (102 are in nursing homes, 55 in prison, 2,051 in the community), 5,717 recovered, for a total of 8,067 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 138 are Hospitalized, 30 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of June 3, 2020.
Notes from the News Conference
3.872 test given in the past 24-hours
Arkansas Nursing Homes ranks at 23.6 cases of COVID-19 per 1,000 patients the national average is 62 cases of COVID-19 per 1,000 patients patients
Arkansas Nursing Homes ranks at 6 deaths of COVID-19 per 1,000 patients the national average is 27.5 cases of COVID-19 per 1,000 patients patients
Arkansas Nursing Homes ranks at 13.9 cases of Nursing Home Staff with COVID-19 per 1,000 patients the national average is 39.5 cases of Nursing Home Staff with COVID-19 per 1,000 patients patients
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, June 3, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 248, Total Positive: 1,003, Recovered: 720, Deaths: 35, Negatives: 14,558
Pope County Active Positive: 62, Total Positive: 171, Recovered: 108, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,759
Sharp County Active Positive: 8, Total Positive: 47, Recovered: 37, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 429
Faulkner County Active Positive: 8, Total Positive: 106, Recovered: 95, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 3,223
White County Active Positive: 7, Total Positive: 48, Recovered: 40, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 1,846
Baxter County Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 12, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 764
Independence County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 33, Recovered: 30, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,030
Lonoke County Active Positive: 8, Total Positive: 55, Recovered: 47, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,990
Cleburne County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 76, Recovered: 69, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 773
Jackson County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 4, Recovered: 1, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 281
Fulton County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 5, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 376
Izard County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 17, Recovered: 14, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 251
Van Buren County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 29, Recovered: 26, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 596
Stone County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 9, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 390
Conway County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 595
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 484
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 Wednesday, June 3, 2020 News Conference
