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AdvertisementArkansas lifts ban on most out-of-state travelersHide TranscriptShow TranscriptGOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON AND LITTLE ROCK STATION. I’M DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED BY DR. NATE SMITH OUR SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ALSO STACY HER STAR SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF PARKS HERITAGE AND TOURISM. FIRST I’LL JUST MENTION THAT TODAY. I DID SIGN THE PROCLAMATION. THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT EXTENDS THE EMERGENCY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 45 DAYS. NOW WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE’RE NOT YET FINISHED WITH OUR WORK. WE STILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, ARKANSAS AND ACROSS OUR NATION THAT EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH AND SO ARE MY FIRST EMERGENCY ORDER WAS SET TO EXPIRE MAY 21. I’M EXTENDING IT FOR 45 DAYS. I DID HAVE AUTHORITY UNDER THE LAW TO EXTEND IT FOR 60 DAYS. I CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT, BUT TO TO GIVE US A MEASURE. POINT 45 DAYS LATER. I THINK WE WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO REFLECT ON WHERE WE ARE AND WHETHER WE HAVE TO HAVE ANY FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER. OBVIOUSLY, WE HOPE NOT AND WE’D LIKE TO GET BACK TO NORMAL, BUT I EXTENDED IT FOR 45 DAYS. WHAT THIS MEANS ALSO IS THAT ALL OF THE DIRECTIVES THAT WE’VE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED OR INCORPORATED AND AND REAFFIRMED THROUGH THIS LATEST PROCLAMATION THAT I’M ISSUING TODAY. IN TERMS OF THE CASE UPDATE YESTERDAY. WE HAD 3458 CASES TODAY. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 38 CASES THAT BRINGS US TO 3400 96. WE HAVE 89 HOSPITALIZATIONS, WHICH IS DOWN TO AND WE HAVE TODAY 83 DEATHS. WE CONDUCTED 1270 TEST WHICH IS SMALL AMOUNT DOWN. DR. SMITH IS INDICATING. THIS IS PROBABLY JUST A BLACK FROM OVER THE WEEKEND AND SUNDAY NOT VERY MANY OF THE COMMERCIAL TEST OR DONE. IN TERMS OF THE NEW CASES OF 38 WE DID HAVE FOUR IN THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE. AND WITH THAT, LET ME GO TO THE CHART. THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF NEW COVID-19 CASES WHICH REFLECTS THAT WE’RE STILL ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY, EVEN THOUGH WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO LESS THAN 50, IT’S GOING TO FLUCTUATE OBVIOUSLY. IF YOU HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE YOU SEE THE SEVEN-DAY ROLLING AVERAGE OF NEW CASES IN ARKANSAS THE ORANGE DRAWING LINE INDICATES THE SEVEN-DAY ROLLING AVERAGE, WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY AGAIN, AND WE’VE CONSISTENTLY BEEN ON THAT IN TERMS OF THE HOSPITALIZATIONS. WE HAVE WHAT IS IT ABOUT 8090 THAT’S HOSPITALIZED RIGHT NOW. THAT’S A THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY. AT LEAST. IT’S ON A I TOLD RIGHT NOW AND SO WITH GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST A INTERESTING SLIDE THAT’S FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES. THIS IS THE SOURCE IS THE CDC. OUT OF ATLAN AND THIS REFLECTS THE STATES BY COLOR SHOWS. IT’S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW COVID CASES REPORTED OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS AND SO LIKE IN FOR THIS IS THE LIGHTEST COLOR WOULD BE NO NEW CASES AND THIS IS 1 TO 100 WOULD BE THE COLOR AND THEN 102. MM AND SO ON THE DARKER ONES ARE THE THE THE HIGHER LEVEL OF NEW CASES. AS YOU CAN SEE ARKANSAS IS IN THE LIGHTEST COLOR THERE BY CAN INTERPRET IT, RIGHT WHICH IS 1 TO 100 OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS. OF COURSE. THIS IS MEASURING CASES AND YOU CAN SAY WELL WE’RE NOT TESTING ENOUGH TO DETERMINE OUR NEW CASES, BUT THIS IS COMPARATIVE ALSO SO OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS COMPARITIVELY OUR CASE NEW CASES HAVE BEEN ON THE DECLINE, EVEN THOUGH OUR TESTING HAS GONE UP DURING THAT THAT TIME AND FOR THE FUN OF IT IF THE NEXT SLIDE THIS WAS REALLY INITIATED. I REVIEW THIS BECAUSE CNN POSTED THIS SNAPSHOT AND THIS WENT FOR THE PAST 14 DAYS COMPARITIVELY. AND OF COURSE ARKANSAS IS GREEN, WHICH ARE THE THERE’S 15 STATES THAT ARE GOING DOWN IN THE NUMBER OF CASES AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE 15 STATES. WE’RE REALLY THE ONLY US IN FLORIDA IS THE ONLY SOUTHERN STATE THAT’S IN THAT CATEGORY 15. IS IN THE YELLOW COLOR, WHICH IS REMAINING ABOUT THE SAME THEY’RE FLAT AND THEN 20 OF THE STATE’S YOU CAN SEE OR GOING UP. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION A DIFFERENT LOOK THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE’RE COMPARING. WE MIGHT BE GETTING BACK TO OUR SEC COMPARISON THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DID WANT TO MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY TODAY THE RESTRICTION FOR RECREATIONAL TRAVELERS, WHICH HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROHIBITED FOR OUT-OF-STATE RECREATIONAL TRAVELERS THAT RESTRICTION IS LIFTED FOR NON HOTSPOT STATES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND SO THE HOTSPOTS CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN DEFINED AS NEW YORK, NEW ORLEANS, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT. BUT THE DIRECTIVE THAT I SIGN TODAY THE EXTENSION GAVE THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH THE ABILITY TO BUY DIRECTIVE RE DETERMINE WHERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE AND SO THIS CAN BE ADJUSTED WE AND THAT’S WHAT WE WANT TO AVOID IS OUR OUT OF STATE RECREATIONAL TRAVELERS THAT ARE COMING FROM HOT SPOTS INTO ARKANSAS AND THAT GET THIS GIVES THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH THE ABILITY TO TOGGLE THAT OR CHANGE THAT AS NEEDED BASED UPON. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IF YOU IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU RETURN FROM A HOT SPOT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY TO ARKANSAS OR IF YOU WANT TO VISIT HERE FROM A HOT SPOT, THEN YOU ARE EXPECTED TO SELF QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS. THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL LIMIT THOSE THAT MIGHT BE EXPECTING TO COME IN HERE FROM THAT AREA THE OBJECTIVE THAT WE’RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS TO ALLOW OUR HOTEL AND LODGE HAS TO EXTEND OUT. OPEN SEA TO THOSE WHO MAY COME TO ARKANSAS FROM OUR NEIGHBORING STATES AND WE HAVE BY TRADITION PARTICULARLY THIS TIME OF YEAR OUR GUESTS THAT COME FROM SURROUNDING STATES AND MANY OF THOSE HAVE LOW NUMBERS. THEY’RE NOT ACCELERATING. THEY’RE NOT HOT SPOTS AND AND THAT’S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR LIFE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO VISIT, ARKANSAS. I ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE A COMMENT ON OUR ECONOMIC SITUATION HERE IN THE STATE YESTERDAY. WE HAD OUR MONTHLY REVENUE REPORT WHICH INDICATED THAT THE STATE REVENUE WAS DOWN 28.3% PERCENT FROM THE SAME TIME A YEAR AGO. BUT TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE WE DID REVISE THE FORECAST KNOWING THAT WE WOULD HAVE A DOWNTURN IN OUR REVENUE. BUT THE CONSIDERING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. I’M VERY PLEASED WITH A REVENUE FORECASTS THAT INDICATES THAT OUR REVENUES BEAT THE PROJECTION. AND SO AFTER I REVISED FORECAST WE ACTUALLY BEAT THAT REVISION WHICH INDICATES THAT WHILE OUR ECONOMY IS TAKEN A HIT. IT IS NOT TAKEN THE SAME NOSEDIVE THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN SOME OTHER STATES AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT APPROPRIATE EMPHASIS ON PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN ARKANSAS, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE ABLE TO DO OUR BUSINESS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN AND THAT WE DON’T SIMPLY SHUT DOWN OUR ECONOMY TOTALLY AND WITH THAT, LET ME INVITE SECRETARY SMITH TO MAKE HIS COMMENTS. THANK YOU GOVERNOR, AND THANKS FOR SHARING REALLY THE GOOD NEWS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRESS UP TO THIS POINT. I’M I’D LIKE TO GIVE A FEW MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR NUMBERS THEN COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. BEEN HEARING ABOUT. AS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED WE HAVE 38 NEW CASES OF THOSE FOUR ARE FROM CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. AND SO WE HAVE 34 CASES THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE COMMUNITY. OUR TOTAL CASE COUNT AS THE GOVERNOR SAID IS THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY SIX OF THOSE 1364 AS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED WE HAVE 89 PATIENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED. THAT’S A NET DECREASE OF TO FROM YESTERDAY. WE HAVE 16 ON VENTILATORS. THAT’S THE SAME AS YESTERDAY AND WE HAVE 83 DEATHS WHICH IS A GAIN OF 2 FROM FROM YESTERDAY’S REPORT. WE HAVE 2050 WHO ARE CLASSIFIED AS RECOVERED. THAT’S AN INCREASE OF 34 FROM YESTERDAY. LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON OUR NURSING HOMES AND ON OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FOR NURSING HOMES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 45 FACILITIES WITH ONE OR MORE CASES AMONG RESIDENTS AND OR STAFF WE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE CAREFULLY. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE RESIDENTS OF NURSING HOMES THAT ARE COVID-19 POSITIVE. THAT’S UP 16 FROM YESTERDAY, AND WE HAVE A HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT STAFF. THAT’S UP ONE FROM YESTERDAY. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FROM NURSING HOME RESIDENTS. UP ONE FROM YESTERDAY. FOR OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES WE HAVE IN THE CUMMINS UNIT. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX INMATES WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, AND THAT’S AN INCREASE OF THREE FROM YESTERDAY. WE ARE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL TESTING OF BARRACKS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY NEGATIVE BECAUSE OF ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAVE DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS AND TESTED POSITIVE THERE SO WE MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CASES FROM THE CUMMINS UNIT, BUT WE’RE MONITORING THAT CAREFULLY FOR THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE IN IN FORREST CITY. WE NOW HAVE A TOTAL OF 264 CASES. THAT’S UP 92 FROM YESTERDAY THOSE 92 HAVE NOT YET APPEARED IN OUR REPORT. THEY’RE NOT YET IN OUR SYSTEM, BUT THEY WILL IN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THEY ARE CONTINUING TO DO TESTING THERE AND THEY WILL BEGIN TESTING STAFF AS WELL. IN TERMS OF OTHER ISSUES. I’VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM FOLKS ABOUT SWIMMING POOLS AND SWIMMING IS A GOOD THING. WE WANT PEOPLE TO SWIM ESPECIALLY AS THE WEATHER GETS WARMER. WE WILL BE ADJUSTING OUR DIRECTIVE FOR JIM’S TO ALLOW FOR THE LAP LANE POOLS TO BE USED AND WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING ON OUR GUIDELINES AND DIRECTIVE FOR RECREATIONAL POOLS AND WE’LL HAVE MORE FORMATION ON THAT LATER THIS WEEK. AND WITH THAT I’LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE GOVERNOR. AND OF COURSE INTERPRETING WHAT DR. SMITH SAID ACTUALLY DIDN’T TAKE MUCH INTERPRETATION. IT WAS VERY PRETTY CLEAR THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A SPIKE IN CASES AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASED TESTING IS HAPPENING AT THE FCI FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE IN FORREST CITY AS WELL AS THE CONTINUED TESTING THAT WE’RE DOING AT CUMMINS. WE’RE GOING TO WATCH THAT VERY CAREFULLY, BUT AS INDICATED I LIKE WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS DOING IN TERMS OF FOCUS TESTING WHENEVER WE SEE A POTENTIAL HOT SPOT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON IT. WE CAN TAKE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T CONVERT TO COMMUNITY SPREAD AS WELL AS TO MAINTAIN IT WITHIN THE FACILITY WITH THE PROPER HEALTH CARE, BUT I THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THAT IN THE COMING COUPLE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND INCREASE IN THOSE CASES WITH THAT WILL BE SECRETARY HEARSE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE LODGING INDUSTRY. THANK YOU GOVERNOR THE LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS ON OUT-OF-STATE TRAVELERS COMING INTO ARKANSAS IS WILL BE WELCOME NEWS FOR THE HOTEL &amp; LODGING INDUSTRY. IT’S AN INDUSTRY WITHIN THE STATE AND NATION THAT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HARD HIT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS AN INDUSTRY. THEY HAVE STRONG PROTOCOLS IN PLACE TO FOLLOW TO PROTECT GUESTS AS WELL AS THEIR STAFF. THEY’VE BEEN INCREDIBLY COOPERATIVE. PROTIP THROUGHOUT THIS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND WE THANK THEM FOR WORKING ALONGSIDE US AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEWS FOR THEM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS HERITAGE AND TOURISM. LET ME SAY THAT WE WILL WORK TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS BROADLY AND CLEARLY AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. WELL ALSO CHANGE OUR STATE PARKS. LODGING APPROACH THAT WE HAD ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY AND WE WILL INCORPORATE THIS NEW DIRECTIVE AND ALLOW AS APPROPRIATE FOR OUT-OF-STATE TRAVELERS TO COME TO STATE PARKS FOR OVERNAdvertisementArkansas lifts ban on most out-of-state travelersGov. Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday he is lifting a ban on most recreational out-of-state travelers to Arkansas.People coming from "hot spots" will not be allowed. Those hot spots are currently defined as New York, New Orleans, New Jersey and Connecticut, although the Arkansas Secretary of Health can amend that list.This change should allow Arkansas businesses to offer lodging for people from other states.Arkansas has had a total of 3,496 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 83 deaths.Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday he is lifting a ban on most recreational out-of-state travelers to Arkansas.People coming from "hot spots" will not be allowed. Those hot spots are currently defined as New York, New Orleans, New Jersey and Connecticut, although the Arkansas Secretary of Health can amend that list.AdvertisementThis change should allow Arkansas businesses to offer lodging for people from other states.Arkansas has had a total of 3,496 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 83 deaths.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementArkansas lifts ban on most out-of-state travelersHide TranscriptShow TranscriptGOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON AND LITTLE ROCK STATION. I’M DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED BY DR. NATE SMITH OUR SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ALSO STACY HER STAR SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF PARKS HERITAGE AND TOURISM. FIRST I’LL JUST MENTION THAT TODAY. I DID SIGN THE PROCLAMATION. THE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT EXTENDS THE EMERGENCY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 45 DAYS. NOW WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE’RE NOT YET FINISHED WITH OUR WORK. WE STILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, ARKANSAS AND ACROSS OUR NATION THAT EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH...

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