COVID-19 update

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). (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). (CDC via AP, File)


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 Wednesday on the Health Department's website:

• 833,948 cumulative cases, up 127 from Tuesday.

• 81.14 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 1.71 from Tuesday.

• 5,092,312 PCR test reports, up 2,497 from Tuesday.

• 11.5% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Tuesday.

• 1,057 active cases, up 48 from Tuesday.

• 176 active juvenile cases, up 16 from Tuesday.

• 821,330 recoveries, up 70 from Tuesday.

• 5,049,750 vaccine doses received, up 11,400 from Tuesday.

• 4,016,896 doses given, up 6,169 from Tuesday.

• 64 hospitalizations, down nine from Tuesday.

• 14 cases on ventilators, no change from Tuesday.

• 22 ICU patients, down five from Tuesday.

• 11,325 deaths, up nine from Tuesday.

• 2,395 nursing home deaths, no change from Tuesday.

• 23,280 cumulative cases in Garland County, up five from Tuesday.

• 1.43 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 0.29 from Tuesday.

• 197,568 PCR and antigen test reports, up 51 from Tuesday.

• 12.2% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Tuesday.

• 29 active cases in Garland County, up one from Tuesday.

• 22,743 recoveries in Garland County, up four from Tuesday.

• 508 deaths, no change from Tuesday.

-- Compiled by staff writer David Showers


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