Stories from Sunday, April 26, 2020

The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily. As of 2:05 p.m. Sunday, April 25, according to the ADH website, there were 2,941 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 39,469 people total have been tested, 36,528 people have tested negative, 985 recoveries, 1,813 active cases, 49 deaths, 104 currently hospitalized, 25 currently on ventilators, 194 total nursing home residents/109 staff members infected and 285 healthcare workers infected...

The Small Business Administration will resume accepting Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on Monday, April 27 at 10:30 a.m. EDT (9:30 a.m. CDT) from approved lenders on behalf of any eligible borrower. This will ensure that SBA has properly coded the system to account for changes made by the legislation...