In a Sunday press conference from the state capitol, Governor Asa Hutchinson and Secretary of Health Dr. Nate Smith updated the public on the latest numbers. Saturday, 1,739 were reported to have COVID-19 in Arkansas. 230 additional positive cases were at Cummins Unit, a state prison in Lincoln County. On Sunday, those numbers increased to 1,781 across the state and 348 total positives at Cummins. Dr. Smith said these two numbers had not been combined, meaning Arkansas has 2,129 confirmed cases overall as of Sunday at 1:30 PM.

The death count for the state rose from 38 on Saturday to 40 on Sunday. The two new deaths were under 65. One of the deaths was the state’s first healthcare worker to die from COVID-19. Dr. Smith refused to release information about the healthcare worker’s location “out of respect for the family.”

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1:30 PM

Confirmed Cases: 1,781

Confirmed Cases at Cummins: 348

Confirmed Cases Total: 2,129

Deaths: 40

Recovered: 721

Total Active Cases: 1,368

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10:47 AM 

NEA County Numbers:

• Randolph County: 11 positive, 8 recoveries, 170 negative
• Clay County: 1 positive, 0 recoveries, 73 negative
• Cleburne County: 70 positive, 49 recoveries, 120 negative, 4 deaths
• Craighead County: 43 positive, 24 recoveries, 414 negative, 1 death
• Crittenden County: 138 positive, 45 recoveries, 665 negative, 4 deaths
• Fulton County: 0 positive, 0 recoveries, 24 negative
• Greene County: 8 positive, 3 recoveries, 360 negative
• Independence County: 8 positive, 4 recoveries, 70 negative
• Jackson County: 1 positive, 1 recoveries, 34 negative
• Lawrence County: 26 positive, 0 recoveries, 138 negative, 1 death
• Mississippi County: 8 positive, 6 recoveries, 52 negative
• Sharp County: 2 positives, 1 recoveries, 20 negative
• Don’t see your county? Click here to find it on ADH’s map.

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2 PM

United States: 742,442 positive

40,585 have died.

Global: 2,375,443 positive

164,716 have died.

Source: Johns Hopkins University

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Sunday update from the Arkansas governor