Governor Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 3,294 active cases (break out as 140 Nursing Homes, 199 in Prisons, 2955 in Community), 7,351 recovered, for a total of 10,816 total Confirmed Cases.
At the time of this press conference, a total of 187 are Hospitalized, 45 ICU Patients, as of 1:30 pm as of June 11, 2020.
Notes from the News Conference
Total test given in the past 24 hours was 4,914.
Washington, Benton and Pulaski counties top counties for daily totals of new cases of COVID-19.
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 6:00 pm on Wednesday, June 10, 2020):
Pulaski County Active Positive: 308, Total Positive: 1,188, Recovered: 839, Deaths: 41, Negatives: 17,532
Pope County Active Positive: 65, Total Positive: 222, Recovered: 155, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 3,184
Faulkner County Active Positive: 21, Total Positive: 124, Recovered: 100, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 3,700
Lonoke County Active Positive: 10, Total Positive: 64, Recovered: 54, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 2,377
Jackson County Active Positive: 9, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 5, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 507
White County Active Positive: 7, Total Positive: 52, Recovered: 44, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 2,229
Sharp County Active Positive: 6, Total Positive: 50, Recovered: 41, Deaths: 3, Negatives: 605
Independence Active Positive: 4, Total Positive: 36, Recovered: 32, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 1,321
Baxter County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 14, Recovered: 11, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 960
Stone County Active Positive: 3, Total Positive: 11, Recovered: 8, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 532
Van Buren County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 30, Recovered: 26, Deaths: 2, Negatives: 695
Conway County Active Positive: 2, Total Positive: 16, Recovered: 13, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 712
Izard County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 17, Recovered: 16, Deaths: 1, Negatives: 425
Cleburne County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 74, Recovered: 69, Deaths: 4, Negatives: 1,017
Fulton County Active Positive: 1, Total Positive: 8, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 500
Searcy County Active Positive: 0, Total Positive: 7, Recovered: 7, Deaths: 0, Negatives: 592
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 Thursday, June 11, 2020 News Conference
