FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 17, 2020
Governor Hutchinson Releases Statement on Today's COVID-19 Numbers
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson released the following statement on today's COVID-19 numbers:
“The increased use of antigen point-of-care testing is encouraging. This shows our investment in point-of-care testing is helping address the new demand for rapid tests on our K-12 and college campuses. Today’s report includes almost 10,000 tests between the PCR tests and the antigen tests. Of course, this means we identified new cases, and this will allow our more than 770 contact tracers to do their work and reduce the spread of the virus. Right now, we are concentrating on identifying communities that have an increased level of spread and encouraging stricter compliance with our health guidelines.”
Here are today's COVID-19 statewide numbers:
