COVID-19 cases in the community Oct. 21, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Thursday, Oct. 21, 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

5,743 cases (+5)

154 active cases (+1)

5,450 recoveries (+4)

137 deaths (+0)

45,785 tests performed

40,042 negative test results

27,302 vaccine doses administered (+76)

39.1% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 50 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Thursday including 22 in intensive care units and 15 on ventilator support.

Arkansas

508,937 cases (+506)

97,212 pediatric cases (+142)

5,661 active cases (-120)

1,382 active pediatric cases (-32)

494,904 recoveries (+617)

8,237 deaths (+7)

5,182,502 tests performed

4,650,173 negative test results

437 hospitalized; 180 in ICUs; 121 on ventilator support

3,048,604 vaccine doses administered (+7,203)

1,381,342 Arkansans fully immunized (+2,350)

United States

45,265,124 cases

732,585 deaths

World

242,379,795 cases

4,927,525 deaths