COVID-19 cases in the community April 8, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, recoveries and deaths recorded on Thursday, April 8, 2021 in Union County, Arkansas, the United States and the world. Additionally, local and state testing, hospitalization and vaccine information is provided.

The data was gathered from the Arkansas Department of Health for Union County and Arkansas, and from Johns Hopkins University for the U.S. and world.

Union County

3,953 cases (+1)

2,922 confirmed cases, 1,031 probable cases

17 active cases (+1)

14 confirmed cases, 3 probable cases

3,823 recoveries (+0)

112 deaths (+0)

31,658 tests performed

27,705 negative test results

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 14 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Thursday, including five in intensive care units and two on ventilator support.

A total of 138,785 COVID vaccine doses had been administered by Thursday afternoon in the Southwest hospital region. The ADH reported that 10.4% of the region’s population were partially immunized Thursday and 16.9% were fully immunized.

Arkansas

331,704 cases (+199)

260,206 confirmed cases, 71,498 probable cases

1,707 active cases (+58)

1,151 confirmed cases, 556 probable cases

324,287 recoveries (+138)

5,662 deaths (+2)

3,427,921 tests performed

3,083,199 negative test results

141 hospitalized; 62 in ICUS; 23 on ventilator support

1,329,393 vaccine doses administered

506,131 Arkansans fully immunized

United States

30,989,137 cases

559,987 deaths

World

133,611,513 cases

75,985,127 recoveries

2,894,664 deaths

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