Daily Report: Arkansas Dept. of Health monitoring COVID-19

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily.

As of 9:15 p.m., Tuesday, June 22, according to the ADH website, there were:

346,180 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
337,655 recoveries
2,570 active cases
5,884 total deaths
285 currently hospitalized
3,738,093 people total have been tested
3,378,348 people have tested negative

The counties with the highest new cases added as of Tuesday, June 22:

Pulaski: 71
Baxter: 43
Saline: 26

“We recognize Arkansans’ concerns about this illness, and we are committed to keeping the public informed with as much information as we have about the virus, while also protecting the privacy of individual patients,” the ADH stated in a March 2, 2020 news release.

Region 8 counties reporting positive cases of COVID-19 include:

County	Total	Active	Recovered	Deaths	Negatives
Baxter	3,302	72	3,126	104	23,526
Clay	1,797	3	1,742	52	19,817
Cleburne	2,056	24	1,956	74	24,622
Craighead	13,732	62	13,485	184	133,210
Crittenden	6,175	6	6,069	97	47,564
Cross	1,979	10	1,919	50	17,509
Greene	6,224	30	6,115	78	53,896
Independence	3,889	48	3,717	124	46,043
Jackson	3,250	16	3,195	38	30,015
Lawrence	2,147	9	2,095	43	17,672
Mississippi	5,921	12	5,799	110	45,119
Poinsett	3,195	6	3,112	77	30,578
Randolph	2,207	13	2,147	47	23,261
St. Francis	3,639	20	3,575	44	33,507
Sharp	1,639	13	1,579	47	20,281
Stone	1,074	68	976	30	13,475
White	8,285	80	8,080	123	58,183
Woodruff	652	1	637	14	9,042

Nursing Homes: For the latest report on COVID-19 cases among Arkansas nursing home residents and staff, click here.

The ADH has released an interactive map of COVID-19′s spread throughout the state, including the number of cases, recoveries, and deaths by county.

It can also be viewed here.

For a national county-by-county interactive map, based on per capita COVID-19 cases, go here: https://bit.ly/COVIDpercapita »

For questions concerning the coronavirus, the ADH has established a call center staffed by health care providers.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., those with urgent and non-urgent questions should call 1-800-803-7847.

After 4:30 p.m., urgent calls needing an immediate response should call 501-661-2136.

ADH COVID-19 Dashboard

For the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19, click here.

March 11, 2020: Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces the first “presumptive case” of coronavirus in the state.
March 19, 2020: Craighead County records its first case of COVID-19.
March 24, 2020: First death reported in Arkansas
April 9, 2020: Jonesboro orders emergency COVID-19 curfew
April 15, 2020: First COVID-19 death reported in Craighead County