Stories from Thursday, April 23, 2020

WE ARE NOT OUT OF BUSINESS!! If you are a print subscriber to the Poinsett County Democrat Tribune and your paper has looked different the last couple of weeks, it's still your paper. The PCDT is being printed with the NEA Town Courier for the time being due the COVID-19 pandemic. Please be patient with us until things get back to normal. Thank you!!...

The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily. As of 8:48 a.m. Thursday, April 23, according to the ADH website, there were 2,392 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas, 31,442 people total have been tested, 29,050 people have tested negative, 893 recoveries, 44 deaths, 97 currently hospitalized, 23 currently on ventilators, 170 total nursing home residents and 249 healthcare workers infected...

U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman—applaud the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding $10.6 million in federal funds to support rural communities and further develop testing and prevention capabilities to combat the coronavirus crisis in Arkansas...

The state of Arkansas has surpassed 2,400 confirmed COVID-19 cases, as more than 100 new cases were confirmed at the Cummins Prison Unit. Thursday’s total number of cases is at 2,465, according to the latest numbers Governor Asa Hutchinson provided at his daily news briefing. There is 101 hospitalized, 24 on ventilators, 45 deaths, 174 nursing home residents have tested positive and 902 recoveries...