Thanks to Ken Yang for this report:
Arkansas COVID-19 Update for WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020. Please Continue Being Safe and Practicing Social Distancing.
See below for today’s announcements, charts, Arkansas case numbers, Saline County case numbers and the video of today’s full update from Governor Hutchinson.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday
- Verizon has joined AT&T and T-Mobile as a vendor of wi-fi for schools. See the announcement from Monday.
- White House has said that testing will get better and ramp up in August from the commercial labs.
Tuesday
- Once state receives new testing equipment they will separate the data of PCR vs. antigen testing.
THE CHARTS
Click below to enlarge images for the following charts:
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- Number of New COVID-19 Cases in Arkansas
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- Seven-day Rolling Average of New COVID-19 Cases in Arkansas
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- Number of Currently Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
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- Number of Active COVID-19 Cases in Arkansas
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- Growth Rate of New COVID-19 Cases in Arkansas July 19 – July 25, By Public Health Region
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- Number of Currently Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Northwest Region
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- Number and Growth Rate of COVID-19 Cases in Northwest Region, By County
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- Growth Rate of New COVID-19 Cases in Northwest Region Arkansas July 19 – July 25, By Age Group
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- 14-Day Rolling Percent Positivity by County of Residence
THE NUMBERS
There are currently 40,968 cases (up 787)
• 170 of 787 in correctional facilities
• 6,596 active cases (80 in nursing homes, 342 correctional facilities, 6,596 community)
• Of the 787 new cases: 152 in Chicot County, 82 Pulaski Co, 43 Sebastian Co, 33 Benton Co, 30 Little River Co, 24 Craighead Co, 22 Mississippi and Washington Co
508 hospitalized (up 7)
434 deaths (up 6)
108 on ventilators (down 2)
33,938 recovered (up 750)
4,519 tests yesterday
• 8.2% overall positivity rate
• Find a testing location at AR.gov/COVID
Saline County numbers at the end of the day yesterday were:
Total Positive: 798
Active Positive: 178
Recovered: 616
Deaths: 4
Negatives: 13,627
The link for case numbers the entire state is: https://adem.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f533ac8a8b6040e5896b05b47b17a647