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There 787 new cases and 11 deaths reported at today’s COVID-19 daily update. Hospitalizations decreased by 2. Counties with the highest number of new cases are as follows: Sebastian-87Washington-66Pulaski-54Benton-42Logan-37 The Governor said 100 of the 200 antigen testing machines ordered last week were delivered today. These machines are being assigned to public health units across […]

There were 752 new cases, 11 deaths, and an increase of 3 hospitalizations reported at Friday’s COVID-19 daily update.The counties with the highest number of new cases are as follows:Sebastian-81Pulaski-77Benton-51Washington-41Independence-31Crittenden-29Union-29Mississippi-25Jefferson-23Saline-21Craighead-20The Governor announced today that he is establishing a High School Sports Advisory Group to make recommendations on how to safely resume fall sports.He has also […]

Contact tracing is one of the most important public health strategies currently available to help us reduce the spread and transmission of COVID-19. The idea behind contact tracing is to see who is a close contact of an individual who has tested positive for the virus, identify who has been exposed, provide them with information […]

Act 757 of 2011 created the Sales Tax Holiday.Beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, 2020, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 2, 2020, the State of Arkansas will hold its sales tax holiday allowing shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain School Supplies, School Art Supplies, School Instructional Materials, and clothing free […]

There were 791 new cases and 8 deaths reported at Thursday’s COVID-19 daily update. The number of hospitalizations is down by 4. The counties with the highest number of cases are as follows: Pulaski-73Sebastian-57Benton-47Garland-44Washington-37Independence-34Jefferson-31Pope-30Craighead-29Mississippi-23Faulkner-21 The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) announced it will release the number of active cases in individual cities on the […]

There were 787 new cases, 6 deaths, and an increase of 7 hospitalizations reported Wednesday.The counties with the highest number of new cases are as follows:Chicot-152Pulaski-82Sebastian-43Benton-33Little River-30Craighead-24Mississippi-22Washington-22 The Governor said 145 of the cases from Chicot County are from a correctional facility.The number of tests completed in the last 24 hours was 4,519. The Governor […]

There were 734 new cases, 20 deaths, and an increase of 12 hospitalizations reported on Tuesday.The health department says 6 of the deaths occurred on previous days but reported in the last 24 hours.The counties with the highest number of new cases are as follows:Pulaski-55Benton-50Mississippi-48Sebastian-45Washington-45Pope-36Faulkner-34This morning, the Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC) voted in favor of […]

Looks good, here is the summary There were 824 new cases, seven deaths, and an increase of 9 hospitalizations reported at today’s COVID-19 daily update.The counties with the highest number of new cases are as follows:Washington-62Pulaski-120Benton-45Craighead-46Sebastian-30Jefferson-29The Governor announced today that he is directing $10 million from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund to purchase 20,000 […]

There were 1013 new cases, 6 deaths and an increase of 4 hospitalizations reported during today’s COVID-19 daily update. The counties with the highest number of cases are as follows: Pulaski-113Washington-76Benton-73Sebastian-65Craighead-41Crittenden-43 The Governor named Solomon Graves as the new Secretary of Corrections. Graves previously served as Chief of Staff at the Department of Corrections. Former […]

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 […]