COVID-19 Cases In the COmmunIty

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Saturday, Jan. 8, 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

7,151 cases (+87) 803 active cases (+65) 6,193 recoveries (+22) 153 deaths (+0) 53,624 tests performed 46,473 negative test results

26.7% seven-day positivity rate

36,434 vaccine doses administered (+208)

10.1% county population partially immunized

41.4% county population fully immunized

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 135 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Saturday including 40 in intensive care units and 13 on ventilator support.

Arkansas 613,014 cases

(+8,171) 119,600 pediatric cases (+1,995)

57,382 active cases (+6,672)

11,368 active pediatric cases (+1,747)

546,121 recoveries (+1,482)

9,314 deaths (+16) 5,938,166 tests performed 5,301,427 negative test results

31.5% seven-day positivity rate

970 hospitalized; 266 in ICUs; 131 on ventilator support

4,690,570 vaccine doses received

3,762,600 vaccine doses administered (+10,808)

362,632 Arkansans partially immunized

1,517,314 Arkansans fully immunized (+1,763)

463,886 Arkansans with third vaccine doses

United States

59,587,758 cases 837,123 deaths

World

304,459,245 cases 5,483,528 deaths

ONE YEAR AGO Union County

Cases: 2,729 Active cases: 313 Deaths: 76

Arkansas

Cases: 248,860 Active cases: 27,290 Deaths: 3,966 Hospitalizations: 1,342