COVID-19 cases in the community Sept. 29, 2021

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Wednesday, September 29, 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

5,482 cases (+27)

152 active cases (+12)

5,200 recoveries (+14)

128 deaths (+1)

43,669 tests performed

38,187 negative test results

26,104 vaccine doses administered (+34)

37.2% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 124 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Wednesday including 60 in intensive care units and 37 on ventilator support.

Arkansas

495,073 cases (+1,152)

93,565 pediatric cases (+300)

10,620 active cases (-238)

2,866 active pediatric cases (-119)

476,653 recoveries (+1,372)

7,670 deaths (+19)

4,954,912 tests performed

4,437,335 negative test results

758 hospitalized; 343 in ICUs; 219 on ventilator support

2,899,256 vaccine doses administered (+9,616)

1,333,694 Arkansans fully immunized (+2,761)

United States

43,333,586 cases

694,864 deaths

World

233,127,805 cases

4,771,264 deaths