August 17, 2020

CURRENT COMMUNITY MITIGATION LEVEL 
PHASE II
Hot Springs Village continues to keep our members informed on the latest information about COVID-19 locally and in the state of Arkansas. Currently, we are continuing to follow Phase 2 Directives from the Arkansas Department of Health.
 
Information on the plans are available online at https://explorethevillage.com/members/hsv-covid-19/.

Key Times to Wear a Mask
Key Times to Wear a Mask

State of Arkansas  
       
Arkansas hit another grim milestone today, passing 600 reported deaths due to COVID-19 in the state.      
 
Today, four more deaths were reported by the governor, bringing the state's total to 603. 
  
It took Arkansas 68 days to reach its first 100 deaths after the first case was detected on March 11. It took 31 days, May 18-June 18, to reach the next 100 deaths. After that, Arkansas reached 300 deaths on July 7, 19 days later. It took another 19 days to reach 400 and 10 more days for the state to go from 400 to 500 deaths from COVID-19.     
 
It took 12 days to go from 500 deaths to 600, reflecting a slight slowdown from the last 100 deaths.  
 
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that 412 more cases of COVID-19 were reported to the state today. Twelve of those cases were in correctional facilities and 400 in the community. This follows a weekend where there were 851 cases on Saturday and 673 cases on Sunday. 
 
Today's positive tests bring the number of cumulative cases in the state to 53,777. Of those cases, 6,341 are considered active with 38 in nursing homes, 994 in correctional facilities and 5,309 in the community.
     
Hospitalizations increased by eight since yesterday, bringing the total currently hospitalized to 486. Of those hospitalized, 120 are on ventilators.     
 
Secretary of Health Jose Romero said that transmission appears to be largely due to communal and familial gatherings. He urged caution and mask-wearing for those deciding to take part in those activities.   
 
You can view today's COVID-19 briefing  here. For more statistics on how COVID-19 has impacted Arkansas, click here.   
 
As of Aug. 17 at 2:30 p.m., the United States deaths attributed to COVID-19 are 169,350.     

For a list of COVID-19 testing locations in Arkansas, visit https://govstatus.egov.com/testing-center-map-v2     
 
Saline & Garland Counties 
 As of 2:30 p.m. Monday, 1,267 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Saline County. Of those, 976 have recovered and 283 of the total cases are considered active. The number of deaths in Saline County is eight.
 
Garland County currently has 1,182 cumulative cases of COVID-19. So far, 925 people are considered recovered and 245 cases are considered active. The total number of deaths is 17.     
 
More information is available on COVID-19 cases in the state's counties at the Arkansas Department of Health's statewide interactive COVID-19 map.     
 
Community Fair to be held in Ponce Parking Lot  
The Community Fair has been moved to the parking lot of the Ponce de Leon Center and will be held Sept. 24 from 8 a.m.-noon.
   
This event will coincide with part of the Village 50th Anniversary Celebration  on Sept. 24 which will include Arts in the Park and the Green Market.  
 
We understand, given the change of date and venue, some registrants may not be able to participate in the event. An email was sent to all registered participants  on Aug. 6 and we need you to respond to the email indicating your preference for participating now or in 2021 with the date to be determined.   
 
If you were registered to participate in the Community Fair and did not receive the email or have not contacted the Coronado Community regarding your club's choice, please do so as soon as possible.
 
Registered participants in the Community Fair on Sept. 24 will receive two parking spaces and tables and you will be contacted regarding further logistics.    
 
If you elect to postpone until next year your registration and any fees paid will automatically enroll you as a participating organization in the 2021 Community Fair.  
 
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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