Governor’s press conference today, THURSDAY APRIL 16th, 2020:
🔘 1,620 total cases: 1,035 active cases, 548 recovered
🔘 Speaking with other Governor’s today on how to begin opening the country back up. Also meeting with the Post-Peak COVID-19 Medical Advisory Board tomorrow.
DR NATE SMITH, SEC OF ADH:
📍Out of 1,620 cases:
85 currently hospitalized
21 currently on ventilators
📍4 new deaths (37 total):
2 under 65
2 were 65+
All 4 had underlying medical conditions
📍223 healthcare workers total
81 of those recovered
📍118 nursing home residents
28 total nursing homes w/ active
cases
📍New results on correctional facilities
coming later this afternoon. Currently:
Forrest City: 46 inmates/9 staff
LR Comm Corr: 59 inmates/27 staff
Cummins: 46 inmates/0 staff
📍We are seeing good trends. We have
to keep it up and finish as well as we
started. We are looking at how quickly
AND safely we can peel back
guidance.
SEC MIKE PRESTON, COMMERCE:
📍New website up and running for all
unemployment information and
updates to help keep hotline open
(link in comments).
📍If you are self-employed/contract
worker, you can sign up on that
website and will get weekly updates
letting you know when you will be
able to apply for unemployment.
📍A chat box is being adding to the
unemployment website so when you
are having issues applying online, you
will be able to chat with a live person
rather than calling the hotline.
📍Federal Govt has distributed all its $
for SBA loans. $2.1B came to AR to
14,803 businesses to help keep
people employed.