COVID-19 UpDate

Compiled by News-Times staff

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Wednesday, September 1, 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

4,928 cases (+55)

224 active cases (+32)

4,583 recoveries (+22)

119 deaths (+1)

40,445 tests performed

35,517 negative test results

23,928 vaccine doses administered (+140) 33.4% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 209 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Wednesday including 84 in intensive care units and 59 on ventilator support. Additionally, there were 375 pediatric COVID-19 cases active in the region Wednesday, out of a total of 6,442 pediatric cases identified in the region.

Arkansas

455,781 cases (+2,890)

81,550 pediatric cases (+970)

22,814 active cases (+392)

7,066 active pediatric cases (+282)

425,884 recoveries (+2,463)

6,969 deaths (+35)

5,569,222 tests performed

4,093,732 negative test results

1,313 hospitalized; 522 in ICUs; 357 on ventilator support

2,709,147 vaccine doses administered (+12,429) 1,226,006 Arkansans fully immunized (+7,014)

United States

39,309,315 cases

641,450 deaths

World

218,152,159 cases

4,527,305 deaths

One year ago

Union County

Cases: 692 Active cases: 73 Deaths: 20 Arkansas

Cases: 61,497 Active cases: 5,036 Deaths: 814 Hospitalizations: 423