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There were 990 new cases, 8 deaths, and an increase of 17 hospitalizations reported at today’s COVID-19 daily update. The counties with the highest number of new cases are as follows: Pulaski-144Washington-82Benton-55Newton-55Sebastian-38Jefferson-37Pope-37 Acting Health Secretary Dr. Jose Romero said today that Arkansas has an opportunity to lower the curve. He said it can be accomplished […]

There were 591 new cases and six deaths reported at today’s COVID-19 daily update. Hospitalizations are down by 14 from yesterday. Counties with more than 20 cases are as follows:Pulaski-80Benton-46Washington-38Craighead-33Faulkner-30Garland-30Pope-24Crittenden-22 The number of test results reported today was 3,933. That number is significantly fewer than in previous days. Testing from commercial labs continues to be […]

There were 728 new cases, 11 deaths, and an increase of 17 hospitalizations reported at today’s COVID-19 daily update.The Governor said not all 11 deaths occurred in the last 24 hours. Of those, 6 occurred previously but were only recently reported to the health department.Counties with more than 20 new cases are as follows:Pulaski-110Washington-62Crawford-46Benton-45Sebastian-30Jefferson-29Saline-24The Governor […]

The health department reported 699 new cases, 6 deaths, and an increase of 18 hospitalizations today.The counties with more than 20 cases are as follows: Washington-94Pulaski-60Benton-57Craighead-28Pope-26Mississippi-26Sebastian-25Garland -24Miller-24Arkansas -21Faulkner-21 2020 Covid-19_infographic_2020-07-20.pdf

Today was Dr. Nate Smith’s last day joining the Governor for the daily COVID-19 update before he leaves for a job with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Jose Romero, the Arkansas Department of Health’s chief medical officer, will be the department’s interim head. Governor Hutchinson announced that former Governor and Senator […]

Arkansans who may have concerns about going to the polls this November while the health crisis continues can make plans now to ensure their vote counts. Arkansas law allows voters to request absentee ballots if they will be “unavoidably absent” on Election Day or if they have illnesses or physical disabilities. Arkansas Secretary of State […]

There were 817 new cases, 6 deaths, and 12 additional hospitalizations reported at today’s COVID-19 daily update.The Governor announced today he will sign an executive order mandating face coverings. The order will become effective on Monday.It will mandate face coverings for indoor and outdoor settings for exposure to non-household members where 6 feet of distance […]

There were 564 new cases, four deaths, and an increase of 13 hospitalizations reported at today’s COVID-19 briefing.Counties with more than 20 new cases are as follows:Pulaski-78Sebastian-52Washington-46Benton-38There have been 80,862 tests conducted so far this month. The goal for July was to conduct 200,000 tests. The Governor said the state is behind in reaching that […]

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’ […]

There were 572 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arkansas in the last 24 hours. The Department of Health also reported two additional deaths and 19 additional hospitalizations. Of the new hospitalizations, 9 are patients at the Arkansas State Hospital.Counties with 20 or more new cases are as follows:Pulaski-77Washington-53Sebastian-40Pope-25Benton-23Mississippi-23Crittenden-22Craighead-20Jefferson-20The Governor while we currently have enough […]

There were 751 new cases reported in today’s COVID-19 daily update. There were 4 additional deaths and 8 additional hospitalizations also reported. Of the new cases, 145 are from Hot Spring County. The Health Department says the vast majority of those cases are from the Ouachita River Correctional Facility. Other counties with more than 20 […]

This week, the Education Secretary Johnny Key made a presentation to the House and Senate Education Committee about the Arkansas Ready for Learning initiative. Ready for Learning is a planning and guidance document created to serve as a game plan for district and school administrators as they begin to grapple with making decisions for the […]