COVID-19 cases in the community Sept. 20, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Monday, September 20, 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

5,304 cases (+4)

151 active cases (-10)

5,025 recoveries (+14)

126 deaths (+0)

42,500 tests performed

37,196 negative test results

25,513 vaccine doses administered (+117)

36.3% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 165 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Monday including 81 in intensive care units and 49 on ventilator support. Additionally, there were 375 pediatric COVID-19 cases active in the in the region Monday, out of a total of 6,442 pediatric cases identified in the region.

Arkansas

485,452 cases (+426)

90,779 pediatric cases (+66)

15,004 active cases (-770)

4,132 active pediatric cases (-243)

462,841 recoveries (+1,129)

7,482 deaths (+37)

4,851,887 tests performed

4,344,639 negative test results

1027 hospitalized; 440 in ICUs; 289 on ventilator support

2,843,435 vaccine doses administered (+2,596)

1,307,631 Arkansans fully immunized (+1,587)

United States

42,237,694 cases

675,722 deaths

World

228,928,952 cases

4,697,978 deaths