COVID-19 cases in the community Oct. 2, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Saturday, Oct. 2, 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

5,526 cases (+13)

138 active cases (+1)

5,258 recoveries (+12)

128 deaths (+0)

43,956 tests performed

38,430 negative test results

15.2% eight-day positivity rate

26,350 vaccine doses administered (+67)

37.6% county population fully immunized

7.9% county partially immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 121 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Saturday including 55 in intensive care units and 29 on ventilator support.

Arkansas

497,576 cases (+642)

94,283 pediatric cases (+192)

9,901 active cases (-87)

2,688 active pediatric cases (-15)

479,820 recoveries (+723)

7,724 deaths (+6)

4,988,120 tests performed

4,467,861 negative test results

7.8% eight-day positivity rate

689 hospitalized; 219 in ICUs; 183 on ventilator support

2,830,690 vaccine doses received

2,930,354 vaccine doses administered (+12,349)

1,342,797 Arkansans fully immunized (+3,682)

290,993 Arkansans partially immunized

48,514 Arkansans with third doses

United States

43,642,640 cases

700,757 deaths

World

234,516,867 cases

4,795,402 deaths