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:
• 839,836 cumulative cases, up 403 from Wednesday.
• 265.57 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 20.71 from Wednesday.
• 5,160,122 PCR and antigen test reports, up 2,628 from Wednesday.
• 11.5% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Wednesday.
• 2,914 active cases, up 151 from Wednesday.
• 383 active juvenile cases, up nine from Wednesday.
• 825,260 recoveries, up 252 from Wednesday.
• 5,245,950 vaccine doses received, up 5,500 from Wednesday.
• 4,080,641 doses given, up 1,773 from Wednesday.
• 58 hospitalizations, no change from Wednesday.
• Seven cases on ventilators, up one from Wednesday.
• 11,426 deaths, no change from Wednesday.
• 2,439 nursing home deaths, no change from Wednesday.
• 23,397 cumulative cases in Garland County, up four from Wednesday.
• 5.57 rolling seven-day average of new cases, down 0.57 from Wednesday.
• 200,131 PCR and antigen test reports, up 71 from Wednesday.
• 12.1% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Wednesday.
• 63 active cases in Garland County, no change from Wednesday.
• 22,824 recoveries in Garland County, up four from Wednesday.
• 510 deaths, no change from Wednesday.
-- Compiled by staff writer David Showers