COVID-19 cases in the community Oct. 12, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 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

5,641 cases (+8)

119 active cases (-2)

5,386 recoveries (+9)

134 deaths (+1)

45,045 tests performed

39,404 negative test results

26,900 vaccine doses administered (+113)

38.5% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 84 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Tuesday including 38 in intensive care units and 20 on ventilator support.

Arkansas

503,822 cases (+733)

95,878 pediatric cases (+254)

6,806 active cases (-83)

1,717 active pediatric cases (-220)

488,741 recoveries (+801)

8,147 deaths (+15)

5,086,121 tests performed

4,559,337 negative test results

537 hospitalized; 253 in ICUs; 160 on ventilator support

2,994,877 vaccine doses administered (+6,293)

1,363,266 Arkansans fully immunized (+2,090)

United States

44,515,976 cases

715,078 deaths

World

238,557,111 cases

4,862,317 deaths