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UPDATE GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON IS ABOUT TO GIVE HIS DAILY STATEWIDE BRIEFING ON COVID-19 ACROSS ARKANSAS RIGHT NOW. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS REPORTING MORE THAN 18 HUNDRED CASES OF COVID-19 JUST UNDER HALF OF THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED WITH 738 RECOVERIES. GOOD NEWS THERE 41 PEOPLE HAVE DIED THOUGH 128 PEOPLE LIVING IN NURSING HOMES HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS AND PEOPLE ARE HOSPITALIZED AT THIS TIME. NOW AGAIN, WE LIKE TO UPDATE YOU WITH THE NUMBERS HAPPENING IN OKLAHOMA MORE THAN 2,600 PEOPLE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 1600 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED 143 PEOPLE HAD DIED FROM THE DISEASE IN THE STATE AND AS OF FRIDAY, OKLAHOMA HEALTH OFFICIALS SAID MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED STARTING TODAY. WALMART IS REQUIRING ITS WORKERS TO WEAR FACE MASKS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT’S PROVIDING THOSE COVERINGS ONES EMPLOYEES PAST THE SCREENINGS, AND THEY ALSO GET THEIR TENT ARE CHECKED WORKERS COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO WEAR THEIR OWN MASKS CUSTOMERS THOUGH ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THE SAME. TYSON FOODS ISSUED A STATEMENT THIS AFTERNOON 90 WORKERS AT A TENNESSEE PLANT TESTED POSITIVE. THE COMPANY SAYS IT IS FOLLOWING CDC GUIDELINES AND USDA GUIDELINES WORKERS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS. THEY HAVE THEIR TEMPERATURES CHECKED AT THE OF EACH SHIFT TIZEN IS ALSO CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL CLEANING AND SANITIZING AND OFFICIALS ADDED WORKSPACE DIVIDERS AND INCREASE THE SPACE IN THE BREAK ROOM BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING ON SATURDAY GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON ANNOUNCED A NEW TASK FORCE. THIS WILL BE AIMED AT HELPING RESTART. ARKANSAS’S ECONOMY. WE DO HAVE GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON HERE FOR US RIGHT NOW FOR HIS DAILY. SO WE WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO LITTLE ROCK TO HEAR FROM HIM. WELL JOHN, SO THAT’S MASS THAT WAS SENT TO ME. THEY’VE MADE THEIR AT THE SCHOOL A LOT OF MASKS FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR SCHOOLS. SO VERY PROUD OF THEM PROUD TO WEAR THAT MASK TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE DAILY COVID-19 UPDATE. I’M JOINED AS USUAL BY DR. SMITH OUR SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL GUEST DIRECTOR AMISHA MARTIN FROM DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND CHILD AND FAMILY WELFARE AND THEN SPECIAL GUEST TODAY, WHICH IS THE FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS SUSAN AND THEY WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TODAY FIRST. LET ME COMMENT ON THE CASES THAT WE HAVE. WE HAD YESTERDAY 1781 CASES AND WE’VE HAD A PLUS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO CASES HERE IN ARKANSAS THAT COMES TO A 1923 CASES. OF THE I’LL NOTE THAT A HUNDRED FORTY TWO NEW CASES 117 OF THOSE CASES OR IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, WHICH IS CUMMINGS AS WE’VE MENTIONED BEFORE HOSPITALIZATIONS. THERE’S FIVE ADDITIONAL HOSPITALIZATIONS BRINGING US TO 93 AND TWO ADDITIONAL DEATHS BRINGING US TO FORTY TWO DEATHS HERE IN ARKANSAS. IF WE GO TO THE GRAPH, THIS IS NUMBER OF NEW CASES. ARKANSAS AND AS WE’VE DISTINGUISHED BEFORE WE HAVE ALL OF THE CASES THERE AND THIS IS THROUGH YESTERDAY APRIL 19TH, AND YOU SEE THE LAST GRAPH OF COURSE WHAT’S IN I’M COLORBLIND, BUT I THINK THAT’S ORANGISH AND THE WHITE AND SO THE THE TOP PART OF IT THE WHAT’S IN QUITE REFLECTS. WHAT IS IN THE CONGREGATE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS THE PRISON SYSTEM AND YOU SEE WE DID THAT GOING BACK FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS, WHAT’S IN THE DARK ORANGE IS WHAT IS IN THE REST OF ARKANSAS AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT INFORMATION THERE AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT THIS IS A DIFFERENT GRAPH THAT YOU HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE AND I SAW THIS