Governor’s Update 10/20

For daily updates, visit the following resources:

Arkansas Department of Health COVID-19

List of Executive Orders

Health Data:

Case Report:

• Today: 628 new confirmed cases, 216 probable cases, 840 probable and confirmed cases
• Total cases: 100,441
• 5,439 PCR tests in the last 24 hours
• 7.6 cumulative positivity rate
• 2,439 antigen tests, 14.9 percent positivity
• Top Counties:
• Pulaski: 62
• Washington: 39
• Benton: 38
• Craighead: 32
• Crittenden: 25
• 637 Hospitalized (+24)
• 1,728 Deaths (+14)

Governor Hutchinson:

• The unemployment rate has dropped from 7.4 percent to 7.3 percent
• There was no media in the room. The press conference was held virtually.
• In a meeting hosted last Friday in the Governor’s conference room, an individual in the meeting later tested positive
• The Governor was notified on Monday morning, and there were questions regarding his exposure.
• The Governor was tested Monday morning, and had a negative antigen and negative PCR test
• The Governor is limiting meetings out of an abundance of caution – Due to social distancing protocols taken during the meeting, the Department of Health has provided direction to the governor that he does not need to quarantine, but should limit his public exposure
• He will continue tests on Wednesday and Friday of this week, and Monday of next.

Arkansas Basketball is scheduled to face Central Arkansas on Dec. 12 – this will be their first ever meeting. HERE

In our efforts to keep you informed with important decisions within your communities, occasionally we will focus deeply within one area of the region. For this deep dive, we are going to address the City Council Elections

• A CLOSER LOOK at Bentonville City Council Candidates
• A CLOSER LOOK at Bella Vista City Council Candidates
• A CLOSER LOOK at Fayetteville City Council Candidates
• Deeper Dive into each candidate HERE
• FYI – As of yesterday morning, total pre-election votes in Arkansas are at 18% of total votes cast for the 2016 election.