LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — In the first week of Phase Two, Arkansas saw a total of 3,060 new coronavirus cases.
In the second phase, restaurants and businesses are allowed to fill up to two-thirds capacity and Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that nursing home visitations will continue on July 1.
Hutchinson has also issued a new guidance on face masks in the state, but has yet to make it a requirement to wear them in public settings.
Key facts to know:
- 19,818 known positive cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas
- 5,918 active cases
- 264 reported deaths
- 283 hospitalizations
- 66 on ventilators
- 13,636 recoveries