Thanks to Ken Yang for this report:
Arkansas COVID-19 Update for THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2020.
(Full video of press conference at end)
Please Continue to Practice Social Distancing. Be cognizant of your July 4 plans and celebrate safely!
There are currently 22,075 cases (up 878)
• 150 of 878 in correctional facilities
• 6,098 active cases
• Of the 878 new cases: 151 Hot Spring County, 117 in Washington County, 75 Benton Co, 98 Pulaski Co (½ in Little Rock, ¼ in North Little Rock), 55 Sebastian Co, 45 Faulkner Co, 23 Crawford Co
272 hospitalized (down 3)
279 deaths (up 2)
69 on ventilators (down 3)
15,698 recovered (up 535)
7,089 tests yesterday
• 180,000 test goal for July
• Find a testing location at AR.gov/COVID
Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston reiterated today that if you have health concerns in relation with COVID-19 that you can request an absentee ballot.
• October 5th is the deadline to register to vote
• October 27th is the deadline to request an absentee ballot and must be received by 7:30PM on Election Day
Updated graphs/images:
Find a testing location at AR.gov/COVID
Statistics for Saline County as of the end of the day yesterday were:
Total Positive: 311
Active Positive: 92
Recovered: 217
Deaths: 2
Negatives: 8,958
The link for case numbers the entire state is: https://adem.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f533ac8a8b6040e5896b05b47b17a647