COVID-19 cases in the community Oct. 1, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 in Union County, Arkansas, the United States and the world. Additionally, local and state testing, recovery, 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

5,513 cases (+18)

137 active cases (-2)

5,246 recoveries (+20)

128 deaths (+0)

43,887 tests performed

38,374 negative test results

26,283 vaccine doses administered (+122)

37.5% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 118 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Friday including 53 in intensive care units and 30 on ventilator support.

Arkansas

496,934 cases (+857)

94,091 pediatric cases (+56)

9,988 active cases (-397)

2,703 active pediatric cases (+309)

479,097 recoveries (+1,227)

7,718 deaths (+27)

4,977,563 tests performed

4,457,971 negative test results

703 hospitalized; 321 in ICUs; 190 on ventilator support

2,918,005 vaccine doses administered (+9,006)

1,339,115 Arkansans fully immunized (+2,554)

United States

43,548,632 cases

699,647 deaths

World

234,134,346 cases

4,789,367 deaths