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ADH expands lab and contact-tracing capacity; seeks contractor to manage statewide tracing
Summary
The Arkansas Department of Health told lawmakers it is ramping PCR testing capacity, training volunteer contact tracers and planning a contract to manage tracing after receiving 28 RFQ responses, with a goal of a sustainable tracing contractor by early July.
Jennifer Dillehay, state epidemiologist at the Arkansas Department of Health, briefed the committee on case counts, testing capacity and contact-tracing plans.
Dillehay said Arkansas had "close to 5,000 active cases in Arkansas, 4880 as of yesterday." She reported 244 people in hospital and 62 on ventilators at that time and said Northwest and Southwest Arkansas showed…
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