Daily Report: Arkansas Dept. of Health monitoring COVID-19

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily.

As of 5 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20, according to the ADH website, there were:

396 new cases
485,452 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
15,004 active cases (-770)
37 new deaths
7,482 total deaths
1,027 currently hospitalized (+12)
289 on ventilators (no change)
462,841 recoveries
2,596 vaccination doses administered
302,732 partially immunized (-629)
1,307,631 fully immunized (+1,587)
4,851,8877 people total have been tested
4,344,639 people have tested negative

The counties with the highest new cases added as of Sunday, Sept. 19:

Craighead: 49
Garland 39
Benton: 32

“We recognize Arkansans’ concerns about this illness, and we are committed to keeping the public informed with as much information as we have about the virus, while also protecting the privacy of individual patients,” the ADH stated in a March 2, 2020 news release.

Region 8 counties reporting positive cases of COVID-19 include:

County	Total	Active	Recovered	Deaths
Baxter	5,600	110	5,325	165
Clay	2,524	136	2,333	55
Cleburne	3,446	146	3,209	88
Craighead	20,170	808	19,136	225
Crittenden	8,274	330	7,826	115
Cross	2,737	97	2,582	58
Greene	9,272	463	8,705	103
Independence	5,711	224	5,336	151
Jackson	3,941	92	3,807	41
Lawrence	3,046	141	2,855	50
Mississippi	7,686	350	7,211	124
Poinsett	4,605	186	4,323	96
Randolph	2,992	136	2,806	50
St. Francis	4,552	130	4,366	56
Sharp	2,577	141	2,375	60
Stone	1,557	61	1,458	38
White	12,490	339	11,971	175
Woodruff	1,042	68	953	21

Nursing Homes: For the latest report on COVID-19 cases among Arkansas nursing home residents and staff, click here.

The ADH has released an interactive map of COVID-19′s spread throughout the state, including the number of cases, recoveries, and deaths by county.

It can also be viewed here.

For a national county-by-county interactive map, based on per capita COVID-19 cases, go here: https://bit.ly/COVIDpercapita »

For questions concerning the coronavirus, the ADH has established a call center staffed by health care providers.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., those with urgent and non-urgent questions should call 1-800-803-7847.

After 4:30 p.m., urgent calls needing an immediate response should call 501-661-2136.

ADH COVID-19 Dashboard

For the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19, click here.

March 11, 2020: Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces the first “presumptive case” of coronavirus in the state.
March 19, 2020: Craighead County records its first case of COVID-19.
March 24, 2020: First death reported in Arkansas
April 9, 2020: Jonesboro orders emergency COVID-19 curfew
April 15, 2020: First COVID-19 death reported in Craighead County