New resident cases reported at nursing home

Lake Hamilton Health and Rehab is one of six long-term care facilities with new resident cases in the double digits, according to the nursing home report the Arkansas Department of Health updated Monday.

Thirteen new resident cases were reported at the Pittman Road location during the 14 days that preceded Monday’s update. All 13 are active, with Friday being the date of the most recent positive. Somerset Senior Living at Canyon Springs and Village Springs Health and Rehabilitation were the other Garland County facilities listed in Monday’s update.

Seven new resident cases were reported at Somerset Senior Living, up from the five reported at the Park Avenue location in the Sept. 28 update. The most recent positive was Sept. 28. Seven new resident cases were reported at Village Springs, down from the 17 the previous update reported at the Highway 7 north facility. The most recent positive was Sept. 24.

According to the update, seven Lake Hamilton Health and Rehab residents have died from COVID-19 during the pandemic. Five resident deaths have been reported at Somerset Senior Living at Canyon Springs and 12 at Village Springs.

Nursing home deaths have accounted for almost 30% of the more than 7,700 COVID-19 deaths the state has reported since the pandemic began in March 2020.

The county’s infection curve has fallen 84% in the last seven weeks, but representatives from CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs and National Park Medical Center told the Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force Monday their COVID admissions were higher relative to last week.

The two hospitals said they had a combined 35 COVID-19 patients, according to a city of Hot Springs news release, an increase of four from last week.

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 Tuesday on the Health Department’s website:

• 499,004 cumulative cases, up 747 from Monday.

• 726.29 rolling seven-day average of new cases, down 7.57 from Monday.

• 3,949,923 PCR test reports, up 5,538 from Monday.

• 9.3% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Monday.

• 8,096 active cases, down 439 from Monday.

• 2,121 active juvenile cases, down 137 from Monday.

• 483,006 recoveries, up 1,163 from Monday.

• 3,847,580 vaccine doses received, up 16,890 from Monday.

• 2,946,832 doses given, up 8,758 from Monday.

• 664 hospitalizations, down five from Monday.

• 188 cases on ventilators, down four from Monday.

• 302 ICU patients, down nine from Monday.

• 7,775 deaths, up 23 from Monday.

• 2,210 nursing home deaths, no change from Monday.

• 15,673 cumulative cases in Garland County, up 17 from Monday.

• 17.29 rolling seven-day average of new cases, up 0.58 from Monday.

• 156,024 PCR and antigen test reports, up 195 from Monday.

• 10.3% cumulative PCR infection rate, no change from Monday.

• 166 active cases in Garland County, down 21 from Monday.

• 15,133 recoveries in Garland County, up 38 from Monday.

• 374 deaths, no change from Monday.