There were 794 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours. The Department of Health also reported eight deaths and eight additional hospitalizations.

The counties with more than 20 new cases are as follows:

Pulaski-111

Washington-68

Sebastian-52

Pope-41

Johnson-37

Benton-36

Craighead-29

Faulkner-24

The Governor began the daily press briefing today by thanking Arkansas’ congressional delegation who sent a letter to Vice President Pence requesting that the White House Coronavirus Task Force take action to ensure the state has adequate testing reagent supply.

It was also announced today that there have been close to 1,000 complaints made to the Department of Health regarding businesses not complying with health directives.  ADH continues to investigate those complaints.

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