Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 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
9,283 cases (+1)
16 active cases (+/-0)
9,090 recoveries (+2)
175 deaths (-1)*
64,792 tests reported
55,187 negative test results
42,368 vaccine doses administered (+2)
46.3% county population fully immunized
In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, five people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Tuesday. None were in an intensive care unit and none were on ventilator support.
Arkansas
841,119 cases (+441)
182,301 pediatric cases (+67)
3,253 active cases (+175)
416 active pediatric cases (+26)
826,181 recoveries (+263)
11,451 deaths (+5)
6,913,458 test reported
6,049,163 negative test results
72 hospitalized; 15 in ICUs; 3 on ventilator support
4,086,775 vaccine doses administered (+1,606)
1,594,516 Arkansans fully immunized (+280)
United States
83,481,518 cases
1,002,624 deaths
World
526,486,525 cases
6,279,671 deaths
* Danyelle McNeill, a spokesperson for the ADH, said the death that was removed from Union County's total "was likely either assigned to the wrong county or it was decided it wasn't a COVID death after all."