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:
• 837,719 cumulative cases, up 244 from Tuesday.
• 196.57 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 2.57 from Tuesday.
• 5,139,147 PCR test reports, up 2,362 from Tuesday.
• 11.5% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Tuesday.
• 2,119 active cases, up 63 from Tuesday.
• 279 active juvenile cases, up four from Tuesday.
• 823,954 recoveries, up 180 from Tuesday.
• 5,204,750 vaccine doses received, up 16,700 from Tuesday.
• 4,068,787 doses given, up 2,003 from Tuesday.
• 50 hospitalizations, down 14 from Tuesday.
• 12 cases on ventilators, no change from Tuesday.
• 20 ICU patients, down three from Tuesday.
• 11,410 deaths, up one from Tuesday.
• 2,433 nursing home deaths, up one from Tuesday.
• 23,350 cumulative cases in Garland County, up six from Tuesday.
• 3.29 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 0.72 from Tuesday.
• 199,486 PCR and antigen test reports, up 178 from Tuesday.
• 12.1% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Tuesday.
• 39 active cases in Garland County, up three from Tuesday.
• 22,801 recoveries in Garland County, up three from Tuesday.
• 510 deaths, no change from Tuesday.
-- Compiled by staff writer David Showers