Governor Hutchinson 7/23/2020 COVID Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXuUXmtGcY
>Solomon Graves- announced to be Secretary of Corrections.
>Cases- increase 1,013 to 36,259
>1,008 in community, 5 in correctional
>28,864 total recovered to date
>7,009 active – 146 nursing homes, 869 correctional facility cases, 5994 community cases.
>Largest number of community cases to date
>8% positivity rate
>How positivity rates are determined- total number of tests on any given day and the number of positive results from that day.
>133,054 tested in July
>Up 6 to 480 hospitalizations
>Up 6 to 386 deaths
>Counties: Pulaski 113, Washington 76, Benton 73, Sebastian 65, Craighead 41, Crittenden 43, numerous other counties with 20-30 cases.
>5,487 tests in 24 hours
>841 active cases in Dpt. Of Corrections and additional ones in county jails.
>Active cases in correctional facilities: Ouachita River Facility 577, Cummins 62, Tucker Reentry 20, Eastern Arkansas Regional Facility 14. Total active cases 869. Total deaths in correctional facilities= 21. Recovered in correctional- 3,765.