Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, recoveries and deaths recorded on Friday, April 9, 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
3,954 cases (+1)
2,922 confirmed cases, 1,032 probable cases
18 active cases (+1)
14 confirmed cases, 4 probable cases
3,823 recoveries (+0)
112 deaths (+0)
31,673 tests performed
27,719 negative test results
In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 13 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Friday, including four in intensive care units and two on ventilator support.
A total of 142,728 COVID vaccine doses had been administered by Friday afternoon in the Southwest hospital region. The ADH reported that 10.3% of the region’s population were partially immunized Friday and 17.6% were fully immunized.
Arkansas
331,882 cases (+178)
260,326 confirmed cases, 71,556 probable cases
1,732 active cases (+25)
1,156 confirmed cases, 576 probable cases
324,440 recoveries (+153)
5,661 deaths (-1)*
3,433,190 tests performed
3,088,273 negative test results
160 hospitalized; 60 in ICUs; 23 on ventilator support
1,362,371 vaccine doses administered
523,894 Arkansans fully immunized
United States
31,069,653 cases
560,953 deaths
World
134,329,073 cases
76,366,497 recoveries
2,908,277 deaths
*An ADH spokesperson explained that there are a few reasons why a death might be removed from the state’s total: It may have been wrongly assigned as a death resulting from COVID or a duplicate report of another death.