COVID-19 UpDate

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Thursday, August 5, 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

4,437 cases (+18)

163 active cases (+14)

4,156 recoveries (+7)

116 deaths (-1)*

36,822 tests performed

32,385 negative test results

20,587 vaccine doses administered (+100) 28% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 218 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Thursday, including 76 in intensive care units and 42 on ventilator support.

Arkansas

397,238 cases (+2,777)

21,461 active cases (+902)

369,423 recoveries (+1,856)

6,247 deaths (+17)

4,135,313 tests performed

3,722,101 negative test results

1,251 hospitalizations; 464 in ICUs; 263 on ventilator support

2,409,517 vaccine doses administrated (+11,685) 1,083,986 Arkansans fully immunized (+3,429)

United States

35,392,660 cases

615,144 deaths

World

200,670,720 cases

4,263,828 deaths

*Danyelle McNeill, a spokesperson for the ADH, said a death could have been removed from the county’s total either because it was assigned to a different county or determined not to be a COVID death.

One year ago Union County

Cases: 458 Active cases: 82 Deaths: 17 Arkansas

Cases: 46,293 Active cases: 6,937 Deaths: 508 Hospitalizations: 516