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:
• 834,864 cumulative cases, up 165 from Thursday.
• 107.43 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 12.86 from Thursday.
• 5,107,258 PCR test reports, up 1,619 from Thursday.
• 11.5% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Thursday.
• 1,220 active cases, up 73 from Thursday.
• 165 active juvenile cases, down three from Thursday.
• 822,039 recoveries, up 89 from Thursday.
• 5,119,250 vaccine doses received, no change from Thursday.
• 4,037,150 doses given, up 2,605 from Thursday.
• 50 hospitalizations, down one from Thursday.
• 13 cases on ventilators, down three from Thursday.
• 22 ICU patients, down four from Thursday.
• 11,369 deaths, up three from Thursday.
• 2,404 nursing home deaths, no change from Thursday.
• 23,299 cumulative cases in Garland County, up two from Thursday.
• 2.14 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 0.14 from Thursday.
• 197,963 PCR and antigen test reports, up 57 from Thursday.
• 12.2% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Thursday.
• 33 active cases in Garland County, up one from Thursday.
• 22,757 recoveries in Garland County, up one from Thursday.
• 509 deaths, no change from Thursday.
-- Compiled by staff writer David Showers