COVID-19 cases in the community Sept. 23

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Thursday, September 23, 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

5,389 cases (+42)

166 active cases (+27)

5,095 recoveries (+15)

126 deaths (+0)

42,745 tests performed

37,356 negative test results

25,793 vaccine doses administered (+129)

36.7% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 133 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Thursday including 59 in intensive care units and 36 on ventilator support. Additionally, there were 375 pediatric COVID-19 cases active in the in the region Thursday, out of a total of 6,442 pediatric cases identified in the region.

Arkansas

489,856 cases (+1,540)

92,104 pediatric cases (+457)

13,501 active cases (-213)

3,733 active pediatric cases (-67)

468,677 recoveries (+1,731)

7,548 deaths (+20)

4,894,467 tests preformed

4,382,513 negative test results

956 hospitalized; 414 in ICUs; 254 on ventilator support

2,861,996 vaccine doses administered (+5,119)

1,319,004 Arkansans fully immunized (+2,818)

United States

42,643,768 cases

682,816 deaths

World

230,447,973 cases

4,724,603 deaths