COVID-19 cases in the community Sept. 24, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Friday, September 24, 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

5,405 cases (+16)

159 active cases (-7)

5,118 recoveries (+23)

126 deaths (+0)

43,119 tests performed

37,714 negative test results

25,833 vaccine doses administered (+40)

36.7% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 132 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Friday including 59 in intensive care units and 33 on ventilator support. Additionally, there were 375 pediatric COVID-19 cases active in the in the region Friday, out of a total of 6,442 pediatric cases identified in the region.

Arkansas

491,221 cases (+1,365)

92,488 pediatric cases (+384)

13,245 active cases (-256)

3,612 active pediatric cases (-121)

470,285 recoveries (+1,608)

7,561 deaths (+13)

4,908,123 tests performed

4,394,667 negative test results

894 hospitalized; 386 in ICUs; 231 on ventilator support

2,866,698 vaccine doses administered (+4,702)

1,321,678 Arkansans fully immunized (+2,674)

United States

42,837,389 cases

686,895 deaths

World

231,042,159 cases

4,735,581 deaths