Arkansas Department of Corrections issued the following announcement on Sept. 4.
Here are the latest COVID numbers for the Department of Corrections. Numbers are current as of 9/3/21. Positive inmates/residents (testing positive/not recovered) are at the East Central Community Correction Center, McPherson Unit, Northeast Arkansas Community Correction Center, Northwest Work Release, Omega Supervision Sanction Center, Ouachita River Correctional Unit, Pine Bluff Unit, Southwest Arkansas Community Correction Center, Tucker Unit, and Wrightsville Unit. Staff information represents employees from multiple locations within the Department.
TOTAL TESTS*
79,120
*The number of total tests includes all Inmate/Resident/DOC Staff testing that was processed by the Arkansas Department of Health.
INMATES/RESIDENTS
Testing positive/recovered – 11,805
Testing positive/not recovered – 104
DOC STAFF
Testing positive/not recovered – 49
Original source can be found here.
Source: Arkansas Department of Corrections