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:
• 842,048 cumulative cases, up 373 from Wednesday.
• 316 rolling seven-day average of new cases, down 4.29 from Wednesday.
• 5,175,466 PCR test reports, up 2,821 from Wednesday.
• 11.5% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Wednesday.
• 3,627 active cases, up 91 from Wednesday.
• 415 active juvenile cases, down five from Wednesday.
• 826,722 recoveries, up 276 from Wednesday.
• 5,266,150 vaccine doses received, up 10,200 from Wednesday.
• 70 hospitalizations, up five from Wednesday.
• Two cases on ventilators, down one from Wednesday.
• 10 ICU patients, up one from Wednesday.
• 11,468 deaths, up seven from Wednesday.
• 2,446 nursing home deaths, no change from Wednesday.
• 23,436 cumulative cases in Garland County, up four from Wednesday.
• 5.57 rolling seven-day average of new cases, no change from Wednesday.
• 200,805 PCR and antigen test reports, up 41 from Wednesday.
• 12.1% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Wednesday.
• 79 active cases in Garland County, no change from Wednesday.
• 22,845 recoveries in Garland County, up four from Wednesday.
• 512 deaths, up one from Wednesday.
-- Compiled by staff writer David Showers