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:
• 836,343 cumulative cases, up 226 from Tuesday.
• 133.57 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 9.28 from Tuesday.
• 5,126,657 PCR test reports, up 2,104 from Tuesday.
• 11.5% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Tuesday.
• 1,621 active cases, up 110 from Tuesday.
• 208 active juvenile cases, up 19 from Tuesday.
• 823,083 recoveries, up 111 from Tuesday.
• 5,180,550 vaccine doses received, up 6,500 from Tuesday.
• 4,059,259 doses given, up 1,601 from Tuesday.
• 40 hospitalizations, down one from Tuesday.
• 13 cases on ventilators, no change from Tuesday.
• 17 ICU patients, no change from Tuesday.
• 11,403 deaths, up five from Tuesday.
• 2,426 nursing home deaths, up five from Tuesday.
• 23,327 cumulative cases in Garland County, up one from Thursday.
• 2.71 rolling seven-day average of new cases, down 0.15 from Thursday.
• 198,854 PCR and antigen test reports, up 115 from Thursday.
• 12.1% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Thursday.
• 29 active cases in Garland County, down four from Thursday.
• 22,788 recoveries in Garland County, up five from Thursday.
• 510 deaths, no change from Thursday.
-- Compiled by staff writer David Showers