COVID-19 cases in the community Sept. 18, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Saturday, September 18, 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

5,297 cases (+24)

168 active cases (-2)

5,001 recoveries (+26)

126 deaths (+0)

42,434 tests performed

37,137 negative test results

15.7% seven-day positivity rate

25,408 vaccine doses administered (+165)

8.3% county population partially immunized

36% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 172 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Saturday including 82 in intensive care units and 48 on ventilator support. Additionally, there were 375 pediatric COVID-19 cases active in the in the region Saturday, out of a total of 6,442 pediatric cases identified in the region.

Arkansas

484,317 cases (+1,574)

90,528 pediatric cases (+365)

16,274 active cases (-34)

4,576 active pediatric cases (-152)

460,464 recoveries (+1,564)

7,434 deaths (+22)

4,838,777 tests performed

4,332,788 negative test results

9.6% seven-day positivity rate

1,027 hospitalized; 438 in ICUs; 285 on ventilator support

3,677,320 vaccine doses received

2,837,172 vaccine doses administered (+8,183)

304,343 Arkansans partially immunized

1,303,772 Arkansans fully immunized (+5,255)

17,878 Arkansans with third vaccine doses

United States

42,038,402 cases

673,306 deaths

World

227,939,234 cases

4,683,711 deaths