Arkansas: Long-term-care historical data

Arkansas reports long-term care data for at the facility-level. Facilities are categorized as Nursing Home by Arkansas, but not all facilities listed are Nursing Homes, some are Assisted Living Facilities.

On the Arkansas COVID-19 dashboard, the state provides facility-level data for current outbreaks for staff cases, resident cases, staff deaths, resident deaths. Deaths are reported weekly on Fridays. Outbreak reporting includes facilities that have had active cases in the last 28 days. Once a facility no longer has active cases for 28 days they are taken off the report. Cases for residents and staff are reported separately.

Cumulative totals for staff cases, resident cases, staff deaths, resident deaths and total facilities with a case were provided to CTP by the Arkansas Department of Health via email. This cumulative data is usually available at the bottom of the spreadsheet on the state dashboard's Friday long-term care reports, except for total facilities with a case.

From July 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020, Arkansas provided cumulative and outbreak data directly to CTP via an emailed spreadsheet. On August 31, Arkansas began publishing a facility-level spreadsheet for facilities with current outbreaks, including staff cases, resident cases, staff deaths and resident deaths.

Staff cases and facility numbers are carried over from June 4 to June 8, June 11 to June 15, and June 18 to June 22.

August 21, 2020: Arkansas began reporting deaths associated with nursing homes and assisted living facilities every Friday via an emailed spreadsheet. The state also started reporting active staff and resident cases in the past 28 days at facilities with current outbreaks.

August 27, 2020: Cumulative death total is from Friday, August 21, 2020. Arkansas Health Department provided CTP with total number of cumulative facilities (224) with cases.

September 17, 2020: Arkansas did not include cumulative cases or deaths for staff or residents on the state reports this week. Data for Outbreak Cases and Deaths are from September 11, 2020.

September 24, 2020: Cumulative resident and staff deaths are from September 21, 2020 and were sent via email from the Arkansas Department of Health.

October 1, 2020: Cumulative resident positives, resident deaths, staff positives, staff deaths and number of facilities with a case were reported to CTP by the Arkansas Department of Health.

December 3, 2020: No update from Arkansas Department of Health. Data carried over from November 26, 2020.

February 25, 2021: Arkansas cumulative resident deaths dropped from 2027 to 1970 due to a data cleanup involving a significant error on deaths at Cottage Lane Health and Rehab.