COVID-19 CASES IN THE COMMUNITY

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023 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

11,242 cases (+2)

46 active cases

(-3)

10,990 recoveries (+5)

204 deaths (+0)

46,632 vaccine doses administered (-539)* 49.1% county population fully immunized 77,113 tests reported

65,562 negative test results

In the Southwest hospital region of the state, where Union County sits, 16 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 Friday. Five people were in intensive care units and two were on ventilator support due to COVID.

Arkansas

1,000,985 cases (+307)

207,248 pediatric cases (+38)

2,932 active cases (-71)

378 active pediatric cases (-9)

984,860 recoveries (+371)

12,948 deaths (+7)

180 hospitalized; 38 in ICUs; 10 on ventilator support

4,611,678 vaccine doses administered (+548) 1,698,406 Arkansans fully immunized (+96) 7,972,790 tests reported

6,948,886 negative test results

United States

103,100,558 cases 1,117,180 deaths

World

673,826,506 cases

6,861,801 deaths

* Danyelle McNeill, a spokesperson for the ADH, said previously that any time the number of vaccine doses administered drops in a county, it is because the doses were mistakenly attributed to the county or were moved to another county.