Stories from Saturday, May 2, 2020

As of 9:20 a.m. this morning, the Arkansas Department of Health's website has 3,310 (1,325 active) positive tests with 1,985 recoveries and 64 deaths. There have been 50,305 tested with 46,995 being negative. Poinsett County has had 23 positive cases with 11 recoveries and two deaths. There have been 127 tested negative...

The state of Arkansas has seen a steady decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks, as state health officials reported nine additional deaths due to the virus since Friday. Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Nate Smith, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, updated the public during a 1:30 p.m. press conference at the Capitol on the state’s response to the coronavirus, including the latest cases of COVID-19 and deaths...