COVID-19 cases in the community Oct. 6, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 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

5,555 cases (+5)

111 active cases (-10)

5,314 recoveries (+15)

128 deaths (+0)

44,462 tests performed

38,907 negative test results

26,487 vaccine doses administered (+8)

37.8% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 110 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Wednesday including 48 in intensive care units and 25 on ventilator support.

Arkansas

499,886 cases (+882)

94,916 pediatric cases (+245)

7,879 active cases (-217)

2,076 active pediatric cases (-45)

484,099 recoveries (+1,093)

7,781 deaths (+6)

5,038,193 tests performed

4,515,471 negative test results

624 hospitalized; 279 in ICUs; 173 on ventilator support

2,957,104 vaccine doses administered (+10,272)

1,351,713 Arkansans fully immunized (+3,155)

United States

44,034,814 cases

707,450 deaths

World

236,384,195 cases

4,826,229 deaths