COVID-19 update: County ranks 4th in booster doses

September 25, 2021 at 4:04 a.m.

by David Showers

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The coronavirus outbreak has exposed a seeming disconnect between the financial markets and science. Health experts are uncertain how far the virus out of China will spread and how bad the crisis will get, yet stock markets are rallying as if they're not expecting more than a modest hit to the global economy. (CDC via AP, File)
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The coronavirus outbreak has exposed a seeming disconnect between the financial markets and science. Health experts are uncertain how far the virus out of China will spread and how bad the crisis will get, yet stock markets are rallying as if they're not expecting more than a modest hit to the global economy. (CDC via AP, File)

The number of fully vaccinated Garland County residents increased by 3,079, or 3.56%, since the start of the month, according to a report the Arkansas Department of Health provided Friday.

The 39,074 fully vaccinated county residents represented 45.2% of the county's vaccine-eligible population of 86,444. The number of partially vaccinated county residents fell 1,508, or 16.12%, since the start of the month. Almost 47,000 county residents are either partially or fully vaccinated, a 3.3% increase from the number at the start of the month.

The 1,151 county residents who have received booster doses were the fourth-most in the state, trailing only Pulaski, Benton and Washington counties. Only those with compromised immune systems were eligible for boosters prior to regulators expanding eligibility earlier this week.

Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended expanding eligibility to people 65 older, adults with certain medical conditions and people with high-risk jobs. They'll be eligible for a third shot of Pfizer's messenger RNA vaccine six months after they received their second dose.

The CDC recommendation expanded the eligibility recommended by the Food and Drug Administration, which recommended limiting the eligibility pool to seniors and nursing home residents.

As a service to our readers, The Sentinel-Record publishes updates released by the city of Hot Springs and the state of Arkansas.

The Arkansas Department of Health is no longer reporting confirmed and probable cases separately. The following stats were posted Friday on the Health Department's website:

• 491,221 cumulative active cases, up 1,356 from Thursday.

• 1,211.14 rolling seven-day average of new cases, down 63.43 from Thursday.

• 3,870,581 PCR test reports, up 9,595 from Thursday.

• 9.4% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Thursday.

• 13,245 active cases, down 256 from Thursday.

• 3,612 active juvenile cases, down 121 from Thursday.

• 470,285 recoveries, up 1,608 from Thursday.

• 3,743,820 vaccine doses received, up 16,850 from Thursday.

• 2,866,698 doses given, up 4,702 from Thursday.

• 894 hospitalizations, down 62 from Thursday.

• 231 cases on ventilators, down 23 from Thursday.

• 386 ICU patients, down 20 from Thursday.

• 7,561 deaths, up 13 from Thursday.

• 2,193 nursing home deaths, no change from Thursday.

• 15,488 cumulative cases in Garland County, up 25 from Thursday.

• 30.43 rolling seven-day average of new cases, down 0.57 from Thursday.

• 153,036 PCR and antigen test reports, up 405 from Thursday.

• 10.3% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Thursday.

• 295 active cases in Garland County, no change from Thursday.

• 14,826 recoveries in Garland County, up 25 from Thursday.

• 367 deaths, no change from Thursday.

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