As a service to our readers, The Sentinel-Record publishes updates released by the city of Hot Springs and the state of Arkansas.
The following stats were posted Wednesday on the Arkansas Department of Health's website:
• 268,727 cumulative confirmed cases, up 197 from Tuesday.
• 153.86 rolling seven-day average of new confirmed cases, up 9.86 from Tuesday.
• 3,091,945 PCR test reports, up 2,581 from Tuesday.
• 8.7% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Tuesday.
• 75,930 cumulative probable cases, up 91 from Tuesday.
• 14.4% cumulative antigen infection rate, no change from Tuesday.
• 336,470 recoveries of confirmed and probable cases, up 101 from Tuesday.
• 2,251 active confirmed and probable cases, up 107 from Tuesday.
• 2,674,120 vaccine doses received, up 100 from Tuesday.
• 2,063,690 doses given, up 5,930 from Tuesday.
• 211 hospitalizations, up seven from Tuesday.
• 50 cases on a ventilator, up three from Tuesday.
• 112 ICU admissions, up seven from Tuesday.
• 4,657 confirmed deaths, down two from Tuesday.
• 1,210 probable deaths, no change from Tuesday.
• 2,091 nursing home deaths, down one from Tuesday.
• 8,736 cumulative confirmed cases in Garland County, up 11 from Tuesday.
• 5.43 rolling seven-day average of new confirmed cases, up 1.43 from Tuesday.
• 119,569 PCR and antigen test reports, up 87 from Tuesday.
• 91,400 public lab reports, up 87 from Tuesday.
• 28,169 private lab reports, no change from Tuesday.
• 8.5% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Tuesday.
• 38 active confirmed cases in Garland County, up nine from Tuesday.
• 1,683 cumulative probable cases in Garland County, up three from Tuesday.
• 19 active probable cases in Garland County, up two from Tuesday.
• 214 confirmed deaths, no change from Tuesday.
• 49 probable deaths, no change from Tuesday.
The number of Garland County residents who've received at least one dose of vaccine increased by almost 1,300, or 3.78%, in the last three weeks, according to a report the Health Department provided Wednesday.
Of the 86,444 county residents 12 and older, 35,647 have received at least one dose. The number of fully vaccinated county residents increased 6% in the last three weeks, rising to 29,069. The number of fully vaccinated Arkansans increased more than 8% over that time, reaching 954,054, or 37.31%, of the 2,557,248 Arkansans 12 and older.
Bradley, Conway and Dallas are the only counties with at least 40% of their residents fully vaccinated.
The state's infection curve rose for a seventh-straight day Wednesday. The rolling seven-day average of new confirmed cases has risen 75% since June 1, tracing its highest point since March 21. The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units has risen more than 27% since June 1.