Today’s total case count for the state of Tennessee has reached 2,239 positive cases, per the Tennessee Department of Health. 175 of those cases are hospitalizations, and include at least 23 deaths.
Shelby County has the highest number of infected individuals with 428 confirmed positives, and Davidson County the second highest infected county with 391 confirmed cases.
According to the TDOH, the state of Tennessee has reported almost 30,000 tests, 25,121 of which yielded negative results. The age group with the highest amount of positive cases (566)continues to be those in the 21-30 age range. In the youngest age range (0-10) there are 24 confirmed cases, leaving young children at the lowest number of confirmed positive infections in the state of Tennessee.
Important notes from the Tennessee Department of Health regarding numbers and statistics.
- These data are meant to provide a rough estimate of testing volume. Due to different source data, numbers may differ slightly from day to day.
- Laboratory reports of positive cases are reported to metro and local health departments as soon as results are available. State numbers are updated at 2pm daily and there may be a lag in the reporting of cumulative numbers at the state level.
- Information about hospitalization status is gathered at the time of diagnosis, therefore this information may be incomplete. This number indicates the number of patients that were ever hospitalized during their illness, it does not indicate the number of patients currently hospitalized.
- Some deaths may be reported by health care providers, hospitals, medical examiners, local health departments, or others before they are included in the statewide count.