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CURRENT COMMUNITY MITIGATION LEVEL
SUBSTANTIAL
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Arkansas is seeing another spike in COVID-19 cases in the state, with the number of cases and hospitalizations approaching their highest points.
In the last 24 hours Arkansas saw the number of cases go up by 151, with one of those being in the prison system and the rest being in the general community.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said that Arkansas has hit its testing goal of 60,000 in May over the weekend. He said the state's positivity rate so far has been 3.3 percent. He said that a month ago, models were predicting 8,000 infections at this point. Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases is 6,180. New models have predicted Arkansas will hit the 8,500 number on June 23.
Of the 6,180 cases, 1,729 are active. Of those active cases, 72 are in nursing homes, 466 in correctional facilities and the rest are in the community. Arkansas is near its record high for COVID-19 hospitalizations at 107 people hospitalized and 18 on vents. So far, 119 people have died in the state.
Hutchinson said that the state remains in Phase 1 of reopening. He said that people will need to be disciplined in regards to social distancing and wearing masks in order to move to Phase 2 faster. Right now, though, the state is trending upward in cases.
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 May 26 at 2:30 p.m., the United States deaths attributed to COVID-19 are 99,738.
You can view the Arkansas Department of Health's statewide interactive COVID-19 map
here.
Saline & Garland Counties
As of Tuesday, 98 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Saline County and 3,041 have tested negative. Of those testing positive, 77 have recovered. The total number of people who have died in Saline County remains at one.
In Garland County, 134 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 3,756 have tested negative. Of the people infected, 127 have recovered and one has died.
COVID-19 testing available this week
The Healthy Connections Free Covid-19 Testing Pop-up tour will set up in Hot Spring and Garland counties this week.
The drive-through testing, which is available to anyone over 18-years-old, regardless of symptoms, will be offered each day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with no appointment necessary. Testing at the pop-up sites is at no cost to patients and insurance information is not collected.
The testing will be at the following locations:
- Thursday, May 28 - 3604 Central Avenue, Hot Springs (Healthy Connections clinic parking lot).
- Friday, May 29 - 121 Cordoba Center Drive, Hot Springs Village (Century 21 parking lot).
The Saint at Isabella to close
The Saint at Isabella restaurant will close after Friday. The following is a note from the Saint's owner:
We want to sincerely thank all of our loyal patrons who have supported us these last few years! Unfortunately, due to several combined factors (Covid19 first and foremost) we have decided to close our doors at The Saint at Isabella.
Our last day will be Friday May 29.
We hope that you will continue to support whoever replaces us at Isabella, and our other restaurant (Melinda's) as we will continue expanding there. We also plan to add some of the popular items from The Saint to Melinda's menu. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for allowing us to serve you at the Isabella Golf Club.
Cancellations & Postponements
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