June 22, 2020

CURRENT COMMUNITY MITIGATION LEVEL 
PHASE II
Phase 2 Directives from the Arkansas Department of Health are in place in Hot Springs Village. Amenity plans for pickleball, the outdoor pool, fitness center and indoor pool under these directives have been put in place.
 
Information on the plans are available online at https://explorethevillage.com/members/hsv-covid-19/.
  

Amenities enter Phase 2  
Hot Springs Village's Pickleball and Recreation Rental Facilities have entered Phase 2 of reopening. The reopening is based on guidelines set by the Arkansas Department of Health and White House. To learn more, click the links below:
Keep reading our daily digests for more updates.  
 
State of Arkansas  
 
Arkansas continues to see the number of COVID-19 cases in the state grow. Since yesterday, the number of cases in the state has grown by 522, bringing the total to 16,083. Of that number, 5,063 are considered active with 106 in nursing homes, 642 in correctional facilities and 4,315 in the community.  
 
Of the new cases, 85 were next door to Garland County in Hot Springs County. The majority of those cases were at a correctional facility.
 
Since yesterday, there have been two more deaths due to COVID-19 have been recorded. That brings the total number of deaths to 227 in the state.  There are 237 people hospitalized in the state with 61 on ventilators.  
 
Gov. Asa Hutchinson talked about the number of hospital beds available in the state. Of the total hospital bed capacity of 8,917 in the state, with 6,365 (71.4 percent) occupied. Of the 970 ICU beds, 748 (77.7 percent) are occupied. Of the states 894 ventilators, 311 (34.8 percent) are being used.  
 
Arkansas also hit its goal as far as statewide testing for June over the last 24 hours. So far in June, 120,053 people have been tested. The positivity rate is 6.3 percent.
 
In other news, China has suspended poultry imports from Arkansas-based Tyson Foods.  You can read more about that here. 
 
You can view today's COVID-19 briefing   here.   
 
A statewide map is available that shows national, state and county numbers in regards to COVID-19. As of June 22 at 2:30 p.m., the United States deaths attributed to COVID-19 are 119,923 You can view the Arkansas Department of Health's statewide interactive COVID-19 map here.     
 
Saline & Garland Counties 
As of Monday, Saline County, 210 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Saline County and 7,592 have tested negative. Of those testing positive, 171 have recovered. The death total remains at two.  
 
In Garland County, 180 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 5,542 have tested negative. Of the people infected, 155 have recovered and one has died.  
 
Cancellations & Postponements 
For a summary of all the closures/postponements and most up to date information concerning COVID-19 please use our website link at https://explorethevillage.com/members/hsv-covid-19/      

 

We invite you to communicate cancellations and postponements to [email protected]. For changes to our event calendar, please email your information to Katrina Heap at [email protected].
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