LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As of Monday, the Arkansas Department of Health has confirmed 1,475 positive COVID-19 cases throughout the state.
The Arkansas Department of Health also confirmed the death toll of COVID-19 has reached 30.
According to the Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston, as of Friday, 132,000 people have filed for unemployment since Arkansas allowed easier access to apply during the coronavirus pandemic
Key facts to know:
- 1,475 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
- 21,014 total tests
- 19,539 negative test results
- 30 reported deaths
- 427 recoveries
- All Arkansas schools are closed for the remainder of the school year
Watch Monday's press conference here:
Monday, April 13
7:10 p.m.:
The Arkansas Department of Health has confirmed a total of 1,475 positive COVID-19 cases throughout the state with 427 recoveries from the illness.
1:50 p.m.
Dr. Nate Smith breaks down the 1,410 cases of COVID-19:
- 74 hospitalized
- 28 on ventilators
- 30 total deaths
Dr. Smith confirmed in the 1,410 cases in Arkansas, there are 193 healthcare workers which include 58 that have recovered.
Arkansas has increased in the total number of cases by 130 in the last 24 hours. This is the largest 24 hour update Arkansas has seen yet.
Out of the 1,410 cases, 989 are active.
1:30 p.m.
During a press conference, Gov. Hutchinson confirmed 1,410 positive COVID-19 cases and 30 total deaths throughout the state.
Gov. Hutchinson said there are also 55 positive COVID-19 cases at the federal correctional facility in Forrest City, Ark.
Gov. Hutchinson said there's no indication that Arkansas has reached the peak yet. He said as you flatten the curve, that means an extension of the peak time period.
1:15 p.m.
According to the Arkansas Department of Health, 43 of 46 inmates housed in the barracks of the Cummins Unit at the Arkansas Department of Corrections are positive for COVID-19. None of the inmates are symptomatic at this time.
No staff tests have come back positive.To mitigate the spread of the virus, the barracks is under quarantine.
9 a.m.
The Arkansas Department of Health has confirmed 1,398 positive COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths throughout the state.
Watch Friday's press conference here:
The following counties have at least one confirmed case of COVID-19:
- Arkansas County
- Ashley County
- Baxter County
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Bradley County
- Carroll County
- Chicot County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Cleveland County
- Columbia County
- Conway County
- Craighead County
- Crawford County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Dallas County
- Desha County
- Drew County
- Faulkner County
- Franklin County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Greene County
- Hempstead County
- Hot Spring County
- Howard County
- Independence County
- Izard County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Lonoke County
- Madison County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Monroe County
- Nevada County
- Newton County
- Ouachita County
- Perry County
- Phillips County
- Pike County
- Poinsett County
- Polk County
- Pope County
- Prairie County
- Pulaski County
- Randolph County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Searcy County
- Sebastian County
- Sevier County
- Sharp County
- St. Francis County
- Stone County
- Union County
- Van Buren County
- Washington County
- White County
- Woodruff County
- Yell County
We will continue to update this article with new information as it becomes available.