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 Monday on the Arkansas Department of Health website:
• 254,128 cumulative confirmed cases, up 98 from Sunday.
• 362.86 rolling seven-day average of new confirmed cases, down 13.85 from Sunday.
• 2,698,497 PCR test reports, up 2,610 from Sunday.
• 9.4% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Sunday.
• 68,381 cumulative confirmed cases, down four from Sunday.
• 17.4% cumulative antigen infection rate, no change from Sunday.
• 902,020 vaccine doses received, no change from Sunday.
• 593,908 doses given, up 8,123 from Sunday.
• 4,242 active confirmed and probable cases, down 157 from Sunday.
• 441 hospitalizations, down 14 from Sunday.
• 84 cases on a ventilator, down one from Sunday.
• 4,257 confirmed deaths, up six from Sunday.
• 993 probable deaths, up one from Sunday.
• 1,981 nursing home deaths, up four from Sunday.
• 8,184 cumulative confirmed cases in Garland County, up five from Sunday.
• 18.43 rolling seven-day average of new confirmed cases, down 2.28 from Sunday.
• 103,590 PCR and antigen test reports, up 143 from Sunday.
• 78,760 private lab reports, up 85 from Sunday.
• 24,830 public lab reports, up 58 from Sunday.
• 9% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Sunday.
• 145 active confirmed cases in Garland County, down seven from Sunday.
• 7,847 recoveries of confirmed cases in Garland County, up 12 from Sunday.
• 1,546 cumulative probable cases in Garland County, down one from Sunday.
• 43 active probable cases in Garland County, down four from Sunday.
• 192 confirmed deaths, no change from Sunday.
• 39 probable deaths, no change from Sunday.
The Health Department said a “data cleanup” Sunday increased cumulative polymerase chain reaction-confirmed and probable case counts by more than 2,900 cases diagnosed prior to Feb. 14.
The correction reduced confirmed deaths by 106 and probable deaths by 68.
“Some deaths have been reclassified and duplicates were removed,” the Health Department said.
The cleanup didn’t seem to affect Garland County’s cumulative PCR-confirmed case count. Nine new confirmed cases were added Sunday. Cumulative probable cases increased by 61.
The correction added more than 7,500 PCR and antigen test reports to the county’s testing total, lowering its cumulative PCR-confirmed infection rate by more than 8%. Monday’s 9% cumulative rate was the lowest since mid-January.
The state added 263 and 98 new PCR-confirmed cases Sunday and Monday, bringing its PCR-confirmed infection curve to a rolling seven-day average of 362.86. Cases reported Sunday didn’t include the more than 2,000 confirmed cases from specimens tested prior to Feb. 14.
“There are fewer cases with higher testing today compared to last week,” Gov Asa Hutchinson said Monday in a news release. “We’re continuing to vaccinate Arkansans, and we will be able to increase our doses administered once we receive our first shipment of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, which is expected later this week.”