Cumulatively, there were 1,150 COVID-19 cases in Union County Friday after the Arkansas Department of Health reported six new cases that were identified locally. The cases in the county on Friday included 1,025 confirmed cases, six more than there were Thursday, and 125 probable cases, the same number there were Thursday.
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control, the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests that determine confirmed cases are more sensitive than the antigen tests that determine probable cases.
The number of Union County residents considered recovered from the virus grew to 1,047 Friday, an increase of five since Thursday. There was one more active cases in the county Friday than there were Thursday with 54 total; they represented 4.7% of all the cases identified locally. The active cases in the county on Friday included 37 confirmed cases and 17 probable cases.
No new local deaths attributable to COVID-19 were reported Friday. Forty-nine Union County residents have died as a result of the virus. There were 113 people hospitalized due to the virus in the Southwest Public Health Region of the state, where Union County is located, on Friday, including 48 in intensive care units and 20 on ventilator support.
A report produced by the ADH on Oct. 26 on COVID cases in congregate living setting across the state showed one positive worker case at Community Living Arrangements that was discovered on Oct. 21. In total, 10 residents and six workers there have tested positive, with the sixth worker case and 10th resident case both being relatively new. According to a previous report, the 10th resident to test positive there did so on Oct. 16; the other nine residents are considered recovered, having contracted the virus during an outbreak that occurred earlier this year.
The ADH reported 92 new negative test results returned from Union County on Friday, indicating a one-day local positivity rate of 6.1% based on the number of new cases and results reported. In all, 13,114 COVID-19 test results have returned from Union County, including 11,964 negatives, indicating an overall local positivity rate of 8.8%.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Arkansas grew by 1,162 to reach 110,874 on Friday. The cases in the state on Friday included 102,405 confirmed cases, up 817 from Thursday, and 8,469 probable cases, up 327 from Thursday.
The ADH reported the deaths of six more Arkansans that resulted from COVID-19 on Friday; the state’s death toll grew to 1,900, indicating a state COVID mortality rate of 1.7%. There were 649 people hospitalized due to the virus across Arkansas on Friday, including 234 in ICUs and 96 on ventilator support.
The number of Arkansans considered recovered from the virus grew to 99,165, up 825 from Thursday. There were 9,796 active cases in the state Friday, up 330 from Thursday and representing 8.8% of all the cases identified in the state. Arkansas’s active cases on Friday included 7,829 confirmed cases and 1,967 probable cases.
Since the state began testing for COVID-19, 1,395,529 results have returned to the ADH, including 1,283,623 negatives, indicating a positivity rate for the state of 7.9%.
At 2:30 p.m. Friday, Johns Hopkins University reported 8,990,196 COVID-19 cases in the United States. Of those, 3,554,336 people were considered recovered, leaving 5,206,719 cases — 57.9% — active nationwide. There had been 229,141 deaths attributable to the virus in the U.S. by Friday afternoon, indicating a national COVID mortality rate of 2.5%.
Johns Hopkins reported 45,341,053 COVID-19 cases worldwide Friday afternoon. Of those, 30,387,944 people were considered recovered, leaving 13,768,234 cases — 30.4% — active around the world. There had been 1,184,875 deaths attributable to the virus by Friday afternoon, indicating a global COVID mortality rate of 2.6%.