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 Thursday on the Health Department's website:
• 834,037 cumulative cases, up 89 from Wednesday.
• 78.86 rolling seven-day average of new cases, down 2.28 from Wednesday.
• 5,094,172 PCR test reports, up 1,860 from Wednesday.
• 11.5% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Wednesday.
• 1,068 active cases, up 11 from Wednesday.
• 170 active juvenile cases, down six from Wednesday.
• 821,400 recoveries, up 70 from Wednesday.
• 5,065,950 vaccine doses received, up 16,200 from Wednesday.
• 4,019,563 doses given, up 2,667 from Wednesday.
• 53 hospitalizations, down 11 from Wednesday.
• 12 cases on ventilators, down two from Wednesday.
• 19 ICU patients, down three from Wednesday.
• 11,333 deaths, up eight from Wednesday.
• 2,397 nursing home deaths, up two from Wednesday.
• 23,283 cumulative cases in Garland County, up three from Wednesday.
• 1.43 rolling seven-day average of new cases, no change from Wednesday.
• 197,618 PCR and antigen test reports, up 50 from Wednesday.
• 12.2% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Wednesday.
• 29 active cases in Garland County, no change from Wednesday.
• 22,746 recoveries in Garland County, up three from Wednesday.
• 508 deaths, no change from Wednesday.
-- Compiled by staff writer David Showers