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Of today’s cases, Washington County reported 143 new cases, Benton County reported 78, and Pulaski County reported 37. All other counties reporting new cases posted fewer than 20. Department of Health Secretary Dr. Nate Smith noted that 93% of Washington County’s 143 cases today come from Springdale, and that many are in the Latinx community. […]

The Governor announced today that Arkansas will enter Phase 2 of re-opening on June 15. This re-opening will be statewide and not a regional approach as previously discussed. Phase 2 will allow businesses such as restaurants, gyms, and salons to increase from 1/3 to 2/3 capacity providing that customers can maintain at least a 6-foot […]

There were 340 new cases and 6 additional deaths reported today.The Governor delivered the daily COVID-19 briefing from Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff today where the first case in the state was reported more than 2 months ago.The Southeast Region of the state has 148 active cases. The region has a higher testing rate per […]

Of today’s new 314 cases, Washington County accounted for 86 and Benton County accounted for 41. All other counties with new cases reported 20 or fewer. Pulaski (18), Sabine (11, Sebastian (11), and Sevier (11) make up the top six counties. Governor Hutchinson noted that the daily positivity rate isn’t a useful number since it […]

There were 226 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours.At the daily briefing this afternoon, the Governor showed how contact tracing was able to determine that from the 190 cases reported Monday, an additional 220 people were identified as having contact with known cases.There are now 240 staffers working on contact tracing, […]

This week, we want to remind you of a quickly approaching deadline for incoming and returning college students. The deadline to apply for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship is July 1. The Academic Challenge Program provides scholarships to Arkansas residents pursuing higher education. Funded in large part by the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, the Academic Challenge […]

NEWS RELEASE REP. ENNETT REMINDING RESIDENTS OF COVID-19 TESTING ON JUNE 6 IN WRIGHTSVILLE Rep. Denise Ennett (District 36) is reminding her constituents that on June 6 drive-thru COVID-19 testing will be available at Wrightsville City Hall.The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) will be testing patients from 9 am-2 pm. There will be no out-of-pocket […]

Of the 358 new cases reported today, 111 were from Washington County, 92 were from Benton County, and 34 were from Pulaski County.There were 9 additional deaths announced today, but Health Secretary Dr. Nate Smith says some of the deaths were just recently reported and not all passed away in the last 24 hours.The Governor […]

Of the 249 new cases reported today, Health Secretary Dr. Nate Smith said 33 are from Pulaski County, 28 from Washington County, 20 from Benton, 23 from Sevier, and 18 from Crittenden County. Testing continues in our long term care facilities across the state. The goal is to test every resident and staffer by the […]

With 375 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, health officials are reporting the largest single-day increase since the health emergency began. In addition, we are experiencing the highest number of COVID-19 patients being hospitalized at one time. There are 132 patients in the hospital and 31 of those patients are on a ventilator.The […]

There are an additional 190 cases of COVID-19 being reported today. Hospitalizations are up by 6 and there are no new deaths.The Governor was in Rogers today for his daily COVID-19 update. The Governor said he met with representatives of the Latino and Marshallese communities as well as executives of the poultry industry.Of the 1,909 […]

On Wednesday, members of the Arkansas Legislative Council were given an update on unemployment claims in the state. This week, we have also been reviewing a preliminary report from the Arkansas Economic Recovery Task Force.Arkansas’s unemployment rate doubled from 5.0% in March to 10.2% in April. The U.S. rate is 14.7%. There were more than […]