COVID-19 Response
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Northwest Arkansas Council, in collaboration with the region’s health care providers, has led efforts to develop and distribute resources to the community on how to respond to the pandemic. These efforts have included developing and maintaining resources for screening, treating and containing the coronavirus and a listing of available testing centers.
Thanks to funding from the CARES act and at the recommendation of the Centers of Disease Control, we worked to establish a testing center, hire bilingual contact tracing and navigation staff, and provide tests for the uninsured and vulnerable populations in Northwest Arkansas.
On behalf of the Northwest Arkansas health care community, we are providing the following information to help inform and educate our region.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued a statewide order requiring people to wear face masks in public. The order requires masks when social distancing isn’t possible in the hopes of slowing the disease’s rapid spread in the state.
Arkansas
Regional
Cases
834
New cases in Arkansas
316,593
Total cases
Regional
Cases
171
New cases in Benton County
72
New cases in Washington County
56,068
Total cases
Patients
39
Patients in our COVID-19 units
639
Patients in our hospitals for medical needs other than COVID-19
ICU
26
Ventilators in use supporting patient’s needs
104
ICU beds in use
Health Concerns
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main@nwacouncil.org
479-582-2100
4100 Corporate Center Drive
Suite 205
Springdale, Arkansas
72762
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