COVID-19 cases in the community Oct. 10, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Sunday, Oct. 10, 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

5,632 cases (+54)

138 active cases (+42)

5,359 recoveries (+8)

133 deaths (+4)

44,871 tests performed

39,239 negative test results

26,684 vaccine doses administered*

38.2% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 101 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Sunday including 43 in intensive care units and 22 on ventilator support.

Arkansas

502,872 cases (+467)

95,624 pediatric cases (+63)

7,596 active cases (-237)

1,937 active pediatric cases (-95)

487,028 recoveries (+415)

8,120 deaths (+289)

5,073,313 tests performed

4,547,551 negative test results

548 hospitalized; 259 in ICUs; 161 on ventilator support

2,987,389 vaccine doses administered (+3,108)

1,360,689 Arkansans fully immunized (+1,090)

United States

44,335,029 cases

713,022 deaths

World

237,798,046 cases

4,850,567 deaths

*Editor's note: The News-Times reached out to an ADH spokesperson to ask why the number of vaccine doses administered locally was lower Sunday than Saturday, but did not hear back by press time.