COVID-19 cases in the community Sept. 28, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Tuesday, September 28, 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

5,455 cases (+18)

140 active cases (-7)

5,186 recoveries (+25)

127 deaths (+0)

43,546 tests performed

38,081 negative test results

26,070 vaccine doses administered (+99)

37.1% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 119 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Tuesday including 59 in intensive care units and 39 on ventilator support. Additionally, there were 375 pediatric COVID-19 cases active in the in the region Tuesday, out of a total of 6,442 pediatric cases identified in the region.

Arkansas

493,920 cases (+800)

93,265 pediatric cases (+256)

10,858 active cases (-647)

2,985 active pediatric cases (-125)

475,281 recoveries (+1,426)

7,651 deaths (+21)

4,941,750 tests performed

4,425,411 negative test results

809 hospitalized; 363 in ICUs; 225 on ventilator support

2,889,640 vaccine doses administered (+9,431)

1,330,933 Arkansans fully immunized (+3,232)

United States

43,203,308 cases

692,118 deaths

World

232,649,526 cases

4,761,800 deaths