COVID-19 update: Free vaccine clinic Sunday

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)

Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care and the Arkansas Department of Health are holding a free vaccine clinic Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hill Wheatley Plaza.

Pfizer vaccines will be available for ages 5 and older. Those 5 to 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

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:

• 835,408 cumulative cases, up 161 from Tuesday.

• 122.14 rolling seven-day average of new cases, down 4.43 from Tuesday.

• 5,115,151 PCR test reports, up 2,773 from Tuesday.

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

• 1,372 active cases, up 56 from Tuesday.

• 172 cases on ventilators, up 11 from Tuesday.

• 822,423 recoveries, up 103 from Tuesday.

• 5,146,150 vaccine doses received, up 5,300 from Tuesday.

• 4,048,318 doses given, up 4,309 from Tuesday.

• 50 hospitalizations, up three from Tuesday.

• 11 cases on ventilators, up one from Tuesday.

• 17 ICU patients, up two from Tuesday.

• 11,377 deaths, up two from Tuesday.

• 2,412 nursing home deaths, up two from Tuesday.

• 23,308 cumulative cases in Garland County, up two from Tuesday.

• 1.86 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 0.15 from Tuesday.

• 198,277 PCR and antigen test reports, up 140 from Tuesday.

• 12.1% cumulative PCR infection rate, down from 12.2% Tuesday.

• 25 active cases in Garland County, down one from Tuesday.

• 22,773 recoveries in Garland County, up three from Tuesday.

• 510 deaths, no change from Tuesday.

-- Compiled by staff writer David Showers

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