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 3:55 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, according to the ADH website, there were:

440 new cases
509,999 total cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
5,637 active cases (-57)
12 new deaths
8,267 total deaths
386 currently hospitalized (-28)
120 on ventilators (-3)
495,997 recoveries
9,849 vaccination doses administered
283,170 partially immunized (+153)
1,384,969 fully immunized (+2,053)
5,199,337 people total have been tested
4,665,867 people have tested negative

The counties with the highest new cases added as of Saturday, Oct. 23:

Benton: 51
Pulaski: 41
Washington: 29

“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	5,814	63	5,574	176
Clay	2,704	27	2,608	68
Cleburne	3,707	64	3,548	91
Craighead	21,449	228	20,978	243
Crittenden	8,754	86	8,498	167
Cross	2,961	56	2,841	64
Greene	10,015	101	9,792	122
Independence	6,315	128	6,029	158
Jackson	4,251	146	4,063	42
Lawrence	3,260	39	3,165	56
Mississippi	8,281	119	8,023	138
Poinsett	4,896	52	4,745	99
Randolph	3,317	73	3,187	57
St. Francis	4,804	63	4,674	67
Sharp	2,850	67	2,717	66
Stone	1,711	39	1,631	41
White	13,158	179	12,782	192
Woodruff	1,092	7	1,061	24

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