Governor Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas Department of Health provided the update on the state’s COVID-19 statistics for September 30, 2020:
Governor Hutchinson released the following statement on today’s COVID-19 numbers:
“Today’s numbers show a continued decline in our 7-day positivity rate with consistently high testing numbers each day. We have administered over 1 million COVID-19 tests since March and we have the infrastructure and supplies to increase our capacity as needed.”
In its Wednesday update, the Arkansas Department of Health reported
- 942 new cases;
- 7,009 active cases;
- 490 hospitalized, which is unchanged from Tuesday;
- 93 on ventilators, which is down 4 from Tuesday;
- deaths added today, 19, for a total of 1,369;
- a total of 83,697 cases;
- 73,007 recoveries;
- PCR tests, 8,184;
- antigen tests, 1,405.
The Health Department reported that the top counties for new cases are
- Pulaski, 51;
- Washington, 43;
- Craighead, 39;
- Benton, 28; and
- Faulkner, 26.
Saline County numbers at the end of the day yesterday were:
Total Cumulative Cases: 2,116
Confirmed Cases: 2,031
Probable Cases: 85
Total Active Cases: 153
Active Confirmed Cases: 146
Active Probable Cases: 7
Total Recovered Cases: 1,939
Recovered Confirmed Cases: 1,863
Recovered Probable Cases: 76
Total Deaths: 23
Confirmed Deaths: 21
Probable Deaths: 2
The link for case numbers the entire state is: https://adem.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f533ac8a8b6040e5896b05b47b17a647