At least 130 health care workers have tested positive for coronavirus in Arkansas, Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, said Wednesday.

Among the 946 total cases in the state, 61 are nursing home residents and a total of 18 people have died from the virus, Dr. Smith said.

According to Smith, the ethnicity breakdown shows at least 67% of the cases are white and more than 23% are black, in a state where the black people represent 15% of the population.