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CURRENT COMMUNITY MITIGATION LEVEL
SUBSTANTIAL
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson said at his daily COVID-19 briefing today that Arkansas has been gifted 100,000 masks from the government of Taiwan.
Hutchinson said the state is still experiencing a daily rise in COVID-19 cases throughout communities in the state. He said that 1,991 tests were given yesterday with a 2.1 percent positivity rate.
Arkansas so far has 4,366 COVID-19 cumulative cases. Of those, 928 are active with 305 cases in prisons and 101 in the state's nursing homes. The remaining 522 active cases that have been detected are in the community. Currently, there are 69 people hospitalized, 10 of those on ventilators, and 98 people have died from the virus.
Hutchinson said that due to the consecutive days of infection and hospitalizations, that they are unable to predict when the state will enter the second phase of reopening, commenting that it is not encouraging. He said the state will not enter
Phase 2 on Monday, May 18, as hoped.
You can watch the governor's daily update on his YouTube page
here.
A statewide map is available that shows national, state and county numbers in regards to COVID-19. As of May 14 at 2:30 p.m., the United States deaths attributed to COVID-19 are 85,066.
You can view the Arkansas Department of Health's statewide interactive COVID-19 map
here.
Saline & Garland Counties
Saline County's May Finance Committee and Quorum Court meetings will take place at 6:30 p.m. on May 18. The public and media will be able to participate in the meeting by visiting Saline County's Facebook page. The meeting will be live-streamed.
The public is encouraged to e-mail any comments or questions to [email protected] by 4:30 p.m. on May 18. For those unable to view the meeting through Facebook, Saline County will provide an area in the lobby of the Courthouse where the meeting will be live-streamed. The County will be following all proper social distancing measures and, as such, space will be limited and access will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.
As of Thursday, 76 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Saline County and 2,148 have tested negative. Of those testing positive, 68 have recovered. The total number of people who have died in Saline County remains at one.
In Garland County, 121 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 2,004 have tested negative. Of the people infected, 115 have recovered and one has died.
Cancellations & Postponements
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